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How Does the Court Determine Who Gets Custody of Any Children of the Marriage?

The Marriage Act, 2014 is an Act of Parliament that sets out the law relating to marriage in Kenya. It came into force on 1 September 2014. The Act repealed the Marriage

The Small Claims Court.

October 14, 2022Access to Justice, ADR, Blog, Digital Technology, E-Filing, Electronic Case Management, Judiciary, Kenya, SCC, SMSaccess to justice, Adjudicators, Backlog, court, Jurisdiction, Kes One Million, PDF, Small Claims Court, Subordinate CourtLawQuery

Introduction The Small Claims Court is established by the Small Claims Act 2016. This is a subordinate court in the structure of the court system in Kenya under Article 169 (1) of

JUDICIARY OF KENYA E-FILING SERVICE.

October 14, 2022Access to Justice, ADR, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Blog, Constitution, Digital Technology, Employment, Labour, Environment and Natural Resources, Judiciary, Kenya, Simplified Laws, SMS, USSDaccess to justice, Digital, DPP, E-Filing, human rights, ICT, Judiciary, Judiciary ICT, kenya, kenya law, Milimani, RegistryLawQuery

The Practice Directions on Electronic Case Management were gazetted on 24th March 2020 through Kenya Gazette Notice No. 2357 under the Civil Procedures Act. The system, which was developed by the Judiciary Information

SALIENT FEATURES OF THE NHIF (Amendment) ACT 2022

October 13, 2022Blog, Civil servants, Health, Insurance, National Health Insurance Fund, NHIF, UHCBenefits, Employers, health, insurance, Insurance Regulatory Authority, IRA, NHIF, Premiums, Private CoverLawQuery

Introduction On 10th January 2022, H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the NHIF (Amendment) Act, 2022 with a commencement date of 28th January 2022. This was to notify members (Both employers

REVIEW OF COUNTY ALLOCATION OF REVENUE ACT 2021

October 11, 2022Blog, County Allocation Of revevnueAllocation, constitution, county, County Treasury, kenya law, material breach, Public Finace, RevenueLawQuery

The principal purpose and objective of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 was to ensure that public finances are well managed at both the National and the County levels of Government in

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

September 30, 2022Access to Justice, ADR, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Blog, Human Rights, Kenya, Mediation, Reconciliation, Simplified Lawsaccess to justice, Arbitration, case law, constitution, human rights, mediation, online dispute resolution, ReconciliationLawQuery

A CASE FOR MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION The Constitution of Kenya under Article 159 encourages use of alternative forms of dispute resolution including reconciliation, Mediation, Arbitration and traditional dispute resolution mechanisms. Mediation and

DIVERSION

September 27, 2022Access to Justice, Courts and Tribunals, Criminal justice, Criminal Justice, Diversion, Education, Equality, Human Rights, HUMAN RIGHTS, Kenya, Kenyaaccess to justice, constitution, criminal justice, Diversion, human rights, justice, kenya, kenya lawLawQuery

ELIGIBILITY AND PROCESS WHAT IS DIVERSION? It is a process of disposing cases without trial particularly cases of children in conflict with the law. LEGISLATIVE RATIONALE The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 promotes

HATE SPEECH

September 27, 2022Access to Justice, Amendment, Constitution, County Government, Education, Elections 2022, Elections, Political Parties, Equality, Government, HUMAN RIGHTS, Kenyaaccess to justice, constitution, hate speech, human rights, justice, kenya, kenya law, NCICLawQuery

Hate speech is any kind of communication in speech, writing or behavior that attracts or uses pejorative of discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis of

Data Protection Regulations:

September 23, 2022Big Data, Blog, Business, Data Processor, Data Protection, Data Protection Commissioner, Data Protection Regulations, Digital Lenders, Gambling Data, Government, Health Data, PrivacyLawQuery

Data Controller and Data Processor The Data Protection (Registration of Data Controllers and Data Processors) Regulations, 2021 were published by the Data Protection Commissioner in the Kenya Gazette on 14th January 2022. The

LICENCING REQUIREMENTS FOR DIGITAL LENDERS

September 23, 2022Amendment, Blog, Business, Central Bank Of Kenya, Digital Lenders, Education, Kenya, Licencing, Other Laws, Simplified LawsLawQuery

The Central Bank of Kenya (the CBK) is now set to fully regulate digital credit providers after publishing applicable regulations – The Central Bank of Kenya (Digital Credit Providers) Regulations, 2022 (the DCP Regulations).