The Ong'anya Ombo Advocates LLP Blog, published by Ong'anya Ombo Advocates LLP, covers a broad spectrum of legal topics relevant to corporate, commercial, and regulatory law in Kenya. The blog addresses issues such as immigration permits, trust establishment, sports law including FIFA regulations, political party election regulations, and gambling legislation. It also discusses practice areas including dispute resolution, corporate governance, intellectual property, energy law, and financial services. The content is aimed at providing legal insights and updates on regulatory compliance, transactional matters, litigation, and sector-specific legal frameworks affecting businesses and individuals in Kenya.
Premium & Efficient Immigration Permit Services in Kenya
Immigration matters in the country are governed by the Kenya Citizenship Immigration Act, No. 12 of 2011. Foreign nationals keen to operate in Kenya must obtain a permit. The Permits are issued…
A trust, regardless of the type as provided below, is considered invalid if it is meant to conduct or engage in anything illegal in Kenya, lacks identifiable or ascertainable beneficiary, uncertain terms making it impossible to achieve its purpose, settlor’s…
Sports Law: Football Law Series – Q&A
Football – or also known as soccer in other parts of the world – is a special and most followed sports activity that has a rich history and developed progressively to appreciate modern…
Party Primaries and Party Lists
Preliminaries
Party Primary refers to the process undertaken by a political party to elect or select its candidates for an election. Essentially, a political party has the liberty to elect or select a candidate who…
The Government of Kenya regulates gambling activities through the Betting, Lotteries, and Gaming Act as the primary legislation. There is a proposed legislation known as Gaming Bill, 2019 that will repeal the BLGA, if it becomes law. The Gaming Bill,…
Ong’anya Ombo Advocates LLP is a full-service law firm providing dedicated and curated legal services to Kenyan and International Clients.
Some of our key areas of practice are Corporate Law, Corporate Immigration, Individual Immigration, Tax Law, and Cross-Border Practice. The…
In the advent of COVID19, not to mention its novelty, there was immense disruption towards society’s legislative, social, political, religious, and economic structures. These shocks have seen massive disruption in how various entities operate to stay afloat with the new…
An LLC is a common entity considered by promoters looking for a chance to minimise exposure to liability as promoters. It needs at least one member, and a maximum of 50 – other than an employee who…
SUMMARY:
Data Protection (General) Regulations, 2021
Enabling Rights of a Data Subject
A data…
We commence with a brief look at the obligations of the Central Bank of Kenya based on the structural provisions under the Constitution of Kenya (Constitution) followed by the Central Bank of Kenya Act.
The Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK)…
