Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Kenya as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Kenya/South Africa: Multiple entry visas, valid for up to 10 years are now available
With effect from the 1st of December 2018, multiple entry visas, valid for up to 10 years, will be available for South Africans and Kenyans who wish to visit each other’s country …
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Kenya: Law to regulate private security firms
Although the Private Security Regulation Act was passed back in 2016 it required a Regulatory Authority to put it into effect and this could not be fully undertaken until the recent appointment of a CEO …
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Kenya: Draft data protection bill to be published
The Information and Communications Technology Minister, Joe Mucheru, has announced that the government is drafting its first data protection law …
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Kenya: A conflict between the ELRC and the High Court
A conflict exists between the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) and the High Court as they battle to issue decisions over the same case …
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Kenya: Proposed amendment to the Labour Relations Act
A proposed amendment to the Labour Relations Act before parliament requires that where a dispute involves essential services such as healthcare, telecommunication, ports, fuel distribution and the energy sector then adequate notice of strike action should be given and cover must be arranged so that there is no threat to the “preservation of life, health of the population and property” …
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Kenya: Top court considers case to legalize homosexuality
A hearing has started in the Nairobi high court which is challenging the continued illegality of homosexuality in the country …
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Kenya: Public holidays amended
The High Court has ruled that the removal in 2010 of Moi day, celebrated as a non-working public holiday on October 10th, was unlawful …
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Kenya: Losses as striking tea pickers vow to stay away
Kenya Agricultural and Plantation Workers’ Union (KAPWU) has warned tea growers that it plans to pre-empt an Appeal Court application and go on strike unless employers give them the remaining 15% rise awarded by a lower court in 2014 …
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Kenya: Reviewing the national minimum wage
The Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE) appears to have successfully lobbied the government to consider only two options when reviewing the national minimum wage next month …
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Kenya: Employment Bill extended to all unemployed persons
Prior to approval by Kenya’s National Assembly, the National Youth Employment Bill has been modified to extend its scope from young unemployed workers to all unemployed people …
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Kenya: New online visa system
A new online visa system was launched in Kenya on July 1st 2015 …
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