The Law Society of Kenya Code of Standards of Professional Practice and Ethical Conduct (June 2016) draft define an undertaking as a formal promise whose effect is to make the person giving it responsible for the fulfilment of the obligations in respect to which it is given. An Advocate’s undertaking is not only a personal …
Before ‘I do’: A reflecting on Pre-nuptial agreements in Kenya Pre-nuptial agreements gained formal recognition in Kenya upon the enactment of the Matrimonial Property Act of (2013). The Act came into force on 16th January 2014 and repealed the Matrimonial Women’s Property Act of 1882 which did not provide for pre-nuptial agreements. Notably prenuptial agreements …
A patent is one of the incorporeal rights that human beings have enjoyed since the first Patent Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1790. A patent is a grant of property rights to an inventor for a certain period. Patents therefore afford exclusive rights of the patented invention, process, method or design. …
Kenya has a fault-based divorce system. This is unlike many western countries. Thus, for two persons to divorce, they must prove a matrimonial fault on the part of the other spouse. Kenya does not recognize divorce by consent. The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to the legally recognized grounds for divorce …
In Kenya, Employment contracts are regulated under the Employment Act of 2007 (“the Act”). The Act defines a contract of employment refers to an agreement, whether oral or written, and whether expressed or implied, to employ or to serve as a worker for a certain period. It includes a contract of apprenticeship and indentured learnership …
