Category: Goings on

Kenya’s Newly Introduced Electronic Travel Authorization For Foreign Nationals

During Kenya’s 2023 ‘Jamhuri Day’ celebrations, held annually on 12 December marking the country’s attainment of independence from Britain and becoming a republic, the President HE William Ruto announced that Kenya was going to be a visa-free country for ALL foreigners from 1st January 2024. Following this pronouncement, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National…
Nairobi Blocks Maps and Block Boundaries of the Nairobi Land Registration Unit under Land Registration (Registration Units) Order 2017
Our Guest blogpost series: Data protection and WhatsApp groups, by Linet Owinga

Q I am a member of several social media groups, like WhatsApp and Facebook, where I share/give (and receive) personal information and data about me, my family, my connections, and generally my life. Are there legal limits to other members sharing what I have shared, basically to legally protect my personal stuff? A Kenya’s Data…
Kenya Data Protection Compliance Guide: Overview

With President Kenyatta’s nomination, in October 2020, of Ms Immaculate Kassait as Data Commissioner and communicating the nomination to the National Assembly for its approval, it appears to be only a matter of time before the office of the Data Protection Commissioner is staffed, and the Data Protection Act of 2019 operationalized. The office of…
Disney trade marked Hakuna Matata in the US, but unlikely in Kenya and East Africa

https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/analysis/ideas/How-US-firm-trademarked-the-hakuna-matata/4259414-5197122-o853diz/index.html
Legal Issues Arising from Motor Vehicle Classification and Use: ‘Ride hailing’ Digital Service Providers, Probox and Double Cabin Pick-Up

Under Kenya’s traffic, road and transport laws, a Probox and a bodaboda are not Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), a Double-Cabin Pick-Up is not a commercial vehicle, and there is no category of vehicle called ‘private’ vehicle. The Traffic Act classifies motor vehicles into the following specific categories: – Motor cycles – Motor car – Invalid…
Our Guest blogpost series: German embassy Schengen visa for children- My experience and what to do to avoid being denied a visa like I was, by Wanjiru Atati

Bear in mind that despite your real intentions to holiday and sightsee in those beautiful distant lands, many-a-Kenyan have gone before you on a tourist visa with the real intention of never returning aka the story of illegal immigrants in Europe and America as we know it. As a visa applicant therefore, you really must…
Kenya: BCLB Prohibits Licensing of SportPesa Trade Mark

Many sports betting firms in Kenya must have seen (and celebrated) the widely publicized media return of SportPesa (the media must have itself missed out on the apparently huge advertising revenue from SporPesa), welcoming the return of the giant sport betting company that not only sponsored the KPL and local clubs, but also Everton (remember…
Kenya COVID-19 Numbers

Total confirmed cases today: 559 Total deaths today: 18 Total recoveries today: 478 Total tested today: 3,074 Total tested to date: 678,000 Total confirmed cases to date: 70,804 Total deaths to date: 1,287 Total recoveries to date: 45,766