Section 58 of the Companies Act, 2015 empowers the Registrar to direct an impugning company to change its name within a prescribed time.
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Kenya: Strengthening competition regulation but leaving grey areas
Kenya is making good progress with its efforts to strengthen competition regulation. There are still question marks over some key areas.
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The Insurance Act (the Act) has been amended by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2017, which came into force on 4 May, 2017.
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The Ministry of Lands issued guidelines to govern the process of renewing and extending leases by Gazette notice No. 5734.
Continue readingKenya: Update on the Tax Amnesty on foreign sourced income
The government, has through the Finance Act 2017, which was assented into law on 21 June, amended section 37B of the Tax Procedures Act.
Continue readingKenya: Competition Authority leniency program guidelines
On 21 May 2017, the Competition Authority of Kenya (the CAK) published leniency program guidelines (the Guidelines).
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