Short, careful pieces on Kenyan law as it operates on the ground.
Each piece is written by a member of the firm, reviewed for citation, and intended to be useful first. Where we describe a statute or a rule, we cite it; where we describe a process, we mean the process as it actually obtains in Kenyan practice across the country.
Featured pieces.
The pieces below are the first in our practice-notes series. The next group is being prepared.
NLC Compulsory Acquisition: A Practitioner’s Guide
A walk through compulsory acquisition by the National Lands Commission from gazette notice to final payment — statutory timelines, practical timelines, where compensation claims commonly stall, and what evidence to assemble before the valuation date.
Seven Things Every Property Buyer in Kenya Should Demand
A buyer’s checklist for Kenyan land transactions. Title search at the registries, encumbrance disclosure, beneficial ownership of the corporate vendor, environmental clearances, and the four agreement clauses that protect the deposit and the completion date.
Foreign Nationals and Kenyan Succession
How the Law of Succession Act treats estates of non-citizens holding Kenyan assets, the role of letters of administration ad colligenda bona, when a foreign grant should be resealed, and the documentation a foreign family should be prepared to provide.