Draft National Policy on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025April 11, 2025Kenya: Digital representations of value that are electronically traded or transferred i.e. Virtual Assets have enabled quick and arguably cost-effective transactions through surpassing national boundaries and the constraints of traditional banking. However, the use of Virtual Assets also presents several risks, including money laundering, terrorism financing, proliferation financing, tax evasion, fraud, cybercrime, weak governance, and consumer protection issues.
Data protection in Kenya - Emerging trends in compliance enforcementJanuary 31, 2025Nairobi: Every year on 28 January, the world observes International Data Privacy Day to commemorate the signing 41 years ago of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, popularly known as Convention 108, the only international convention on data protection. This year’s celebration fell shortly after Kenya’s fifth anniversary of its privacy and data protection law (The Data Protection Act, Chapter 411C of the Laws of Kenya (DPA)) which came into force on 25 November 2019.
Doing business in Kenya - Chambers and Partners guideAugust 13, 2021Kenya: This Chambers and Partners guide provides insight into the current trends and developments as well as the Dentons Kenya lawyers with extensive experience.