The Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Act 2025: Is your Business Ready for March 2026?
Starting March 2026, the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 will be fully effective. This act applies to many everyday businesses, such as Betting and Mining, Professional services such as accounting, real estate and even the Public Benefit Organizations (PBOs).
Artificial intelligence (AI) in credit risk assessment and scoring for financial institutions in Kenya
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are rapidly transforming Kenya’s financial sector. The March 2025 Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Banking Sector shows that 65% of financial institutions adopted AI for credit risk assessment, making it the most common application.
Digital Credit and Data Protection in Kenya
In Kenya, the creation of digital credit apps has opened access to small-loans for many who are under-banked. However, alongside this growth have come serious concerns about misuse of personal data, unethical recovery practices, and breaches of privacy rights.
Policy review and development: From policy gaps to strategic growth
Policies are more than compliance checklists, they are strategic tools that protect your organization, guide decision making, and turn potential risks into growth opportunities.
The risk of social media cryptocurrency scams in Kenya despite VASP regulation
Kenya’s recent enactment of the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill into Law marks a milestone in regulating the crypto industry. The law imposes clear obligations on Virtual Asset Service Providers (Exchanges, Custodians, Brokers, Investment Advisors, Initial Coin offering providers), including licensing, capital requirements, cybersecurity, AML/CFT compliance and consumer protection, with regulatory oversight from the CBK and CMA.
Kenya’s virtual asset service providers act, 2025: compliance pillars for the digital asset market
The coming into force of Kenya’s Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025 into law on 15th October 2025 marks a turning point for the country’s fast-growing digital asset market. The Act not only establishes a formal regulatory framework but also redefines how accountability, investor protection, and market stability will shape the crypto regulation sector going forward.
The law of employment Kenya and the place of employer investigations on employees
The legal standard governing termination from employment in Kenya is found in Sections 41 and 45 of the Employment Act, 2007. Section 41 provides for procedural fairness. Before termination, an employee must be informed of the reasons and given a meaningful chance to respond, with the right to have a representative present.
Employee background checks
Background checks are a process used by employers to verify the accuracy of a candidate’s personal, professional, and financial history. This type of investigation involves examining a variety of records, such as criminal history, employment verification, education credentials, credit reports, and references.
Access Control Best Practices – Implementing an Effective Access Control Policy
Access control refers to the security measures implemented to regulate and control who can access certain resources, systems, or physical areas within an organization. Access control is essential in information security and aims to protect sensitive data, maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of resources, and prevent unauthorized access or misuse
Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Assistance
Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Assistance Occupational fraud typologies highlight different forms of fraud, one of which is corruption. Business corruption is categorized as the second most common type of occupational fraud, with the primary examples being bribery, conflict of interest, improper gratuities, and economic extortion. Bribery and corruption pose significant risks to organizations as they may […]