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Coverage · Kenya
Kenya, covered at section depth.
Reported case law through LexChat, plus five published regulatory packs — data protection, tax, employment, AML and companies — where every obligation, deadline and penalty carries a verified citation to the consolidated Act.
Why Kenya first
The proving ground for computable African law.
Kenya is Esheria's home market and the first jurisdiction with a full regulatory stack: consolidated Acts compiled to section level, obligations extracted with duty holders and deadlines, prescribed forms mapped field by field, and penalties traced to the provisions that create them.
Each domain below is a published pack with its own receipts — row counts, verified quote spans, instrument versions — so you can judge the depth before you rely on it. Published rows are a reviewed subset of the compiled regulatory corpus — depth keeps growing under the same publication policy.
This page is maintained by the Esheria Legal Team. Facts shown here come from published pack rows with verified quote spans, and none of it is legal advice.
Published domains
Five regulatory domains, one citation standard.
Data protection
ODPC registration, DPO publication, direct collection and high-risk consultation under the Data Protection Act 2019. 59 published rows.
OpenTax & finance compliance
Tax Procedures Act filing rules, iTax forms IT2C and VAT3, record retention and change notices. 16 published rows.
OpenEmployment & labour
Employment Act leave entitlements and termination procedure, with 6,728 verified quote spans behind the pack.
OpenAML / CFT / CPF
POCAMLA and its 2023 Regulations: FRC registration via goAML and 90-day change notifications. 12 mapped forms.
OpenCompanies & corporate registry
Companies Act duties from registered office to beneficial ownership filings, deadlines and penalties. 33 published rows.
OpenKenya case law with LexChat
Plain-language questions over reported Kenyan cases and statutes, answered with pinned citations. Free to try.
OpenSample deadlines
The clock is usually already running.
Tax registration changes
Within 30 days
Registered taxpayer
Sec 9, Tax Procedures Act
FRC particulars changes
Within 90 days
Reporting institution
Reg 5(3), POCAMLA Regs 2023
BO register lodgement
Within 60 days (existing companies)
Company
Sec 93A, Companies Act
BO register amendments
Within 14 days (30 if listed)
Company
Sec 93A, Companies Act
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