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Alcoholic Drinks Control Act No. 4 of 2010
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for the regulation of the production, sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks, to repeal the Chang’aa prohibition Act, the Liquor Licensing Act and for connected purposes. It is designed with an overall objective to protect the health of the individual in the light of the dangers of excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks.
Kenya • 2010 • Health
Animal Diseases Act Revised Edition 2015 [2012]
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for matters relating to the diseases of animals. It defines the director’s power to declare areas infected, prohibit importation of animals. It also provides for the disposal of carcass of slaughtered animal and indemnity and payment of compensation.
Kenya • 2012 • Health
Kenya Trade Remedies Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the establishment of the Kenya trade remedies agency in Nairobi for the investigation and imposition of anti-dumping, countervailing and trade safeguard measures and for connected purposes. The agency shall investigate and evaluate allegations of dumping and subsidization of imported products in Kenya.
Kenya • 2017 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Industrial Property Act, 2001
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the promotion of inventive and innovative activities, to facilitate the acquisition of technology through the grant and regulation of patents, utility models, technovations and industrial designs, to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the Kenya industrial property institute and for purposes incidental thereto and connected therewith. It provides for the establishment of the Kenya industrial property institute in Nairobi. The institute shall control, supervise and administer the assets of the institute in such manner as best promotes the purpose for which the institute is established.
Kenya • 2001 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Kenya Leather Industry Diagnosis, Strategy and Action Plan
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This document provides a detailed analysis of Kenya’s leather industry. It focuses on the challenges and recommends solution to them. It mentions that the leather sector’s costs of production are subsidized to the extent that government policies (and their poor enforcement) fail to force producers to internalize environmental and social costs associated with sustaining the sector, including most importantly, water resource clean up, long term health care, and natural resource replenishment costs.
Kenya • 2016 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Kenya Maritime Authority Act Revised Edition 2012 [2006]
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the establishment of the Kenya maritime authority as a body with responsibility to monitor, regulate and coordinate activities in the maritime industry, and for all other matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. The principal objectives of the Authority are to regulate, co-ordinate and oversee maritime affairs.
Kenya • 2012 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision with respect to certain premises for the protection of tenants of such premises from eviction or from exploitation and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Kenya • 2015 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
The Micro and Small Enterprises Act, 2012
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the promotion, development, and regulation of micro and small enterprises; to provide for the establishment of the micro and small enterprises authority, and for connected purposes. Regulation 5 emphasizes that every association or umbrella organization which intends to be registered under this act shall, within twenty-eight days after its formation, make an application to the registrar for registration under this Act.
Kenya • 2012 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Law of Contract Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act to apply the english common law of contract to Kenya, with certain modifications.
Kenya • 2012 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Local Manufactures (Export Compensation) Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for compensatory payments to be made in respect of certain locally manufactured goods which are exported from Kenya and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. It emphasizes that subject to this act, a person who exports eligible goods shall be paid by or on behalf of the commissioner a compensatory payment: provided that no compensatory payment shall be paid by or on behalf of the commissioner in respect of the exportation of eligible goods.
Kenya • 2012 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Kenya's Industrial Transformation Programme
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This document was developed in alignment to the Kenya vision 2030 to boost local production, expand to the regional market and take advantage of global market niches. This strategic plan identifies six challenges faced by the sector. Some of the challenges include infrastructure and land availability, skills and capabilities in priority sectors etc. It also outlines five-point strategy to achieve the stated objectives: developing Kenyan small and medium enterprises (SMEs), creating an industrial development fund etc
Kenya • 2015 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Land Registration Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act to revise, consolidate and rationalize the registration of titles to land, to give effect to the principles and objects of devolved government in land registration, and for connected purposes
Kenya • 2012 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Co-operative Policy
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This policy replaces sessional paper no. 6 of 1997, on “co-operatives in a liberalized economic environment”. The policy highlights the historical background of the co-operative sector worldwide and more specifically in Kenya and explains why it remains an important contributor towards industrialization and economic development of the country as expounded in Kenya vision 2030. The objective of this policy is to promote sustainable and competitive co-operative societies for an enhanced role in industrialization and improved social economic development. It identifies the challenges facing the co-operative movement including legal framework, low market access, technology adoption and ever evolving governance issues.
Kenya • 2019 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Public Procurement and Disposal (Public Private Partnerships), Regulations 2008.
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This regulatory document defines public private partnership as a written contract recording the terms of a public private partnership concluded between a procuring entity and a private party. Subject to provisions of these regulations and the act, a procuring entity may enter into any of the following public private partnership arrangement: management contract whereby a procuring entity awards a private party the responsibility to manage and perform a specific service, within well-defined specifications for a specified period of time not to exceed five years and the procuring entity retains ownership and control of all facilities and capital assets and properties; a lease whereby the private party pays the procurement entity rent and manages, operates and maintains the facility and receives fees or charges from consumers for the provision of the service for specified time not exceeding fifteen years etc.
Kenya • 2009 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
The State Corporations Act Chapter 446 Revised Edition 1987
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for the establishment of state corporations: for control and regulation of state corporations; and for connected purposes. Rule 8 emphasizes that after the commencement of this Act the board of every state corporation shall meet not less than four times in every financial year and not more than four months shall elapse between the date of one meeting and the date of the next meeting.
Kenya • 1987 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
National Industrialization policy 2012-2030
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This framework was designed to promote and sustain a vibrant, globally competitive and diversified industrial sector for generation of wealth and employment through the creation of an enabling environment. The policy is focused on addressing the factors affecting the industrial sector, exploiting the strengths and opportunities arising from the regional integration and globalization, and positioning the industrial sector to become the leading investment destination in Africa to take advantage of investment flows. Chapter four of this document comprises of the broad policy intervention areas and respective policy measures to be undertaken, and chapter five comprises of the policy implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Kenya • 2012 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
The Insolvency BiIl,2015
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This act was designed to provide for the operation of a framework for the efficient and equitable administration of the estates of insolvent natural persons and unincorporated entities comprising natural persons, and the assets of insolvent companies and other bodies corporate, that maintains a fair balance between the interests of those persons, entities, companies and bodies and those of their creditors.
Kenya • 2015 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
The Companies Bill, 2015
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act to consolidate and reform the law relating to the incorporation, registration, operation, management and regulation of companies; to provide for the appointment and functions of auditors; to make other provision relating to companies; and to provide for related matters.
Kenya • 2015 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
Limited Liability Partnership Act No. 42 Of 2011
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for limited liability partnerships and for connected purposes. Part V and Part VI details the conversion of partnerships and private companies into a limited liability partnership and the management of limited liability partnerships respectively.
Kenya • 2011 • Trade, Industry, and Investment
The Scrap Metal Bill, 2014
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for the regulation of dealings in scrap metal, to provide for the establishment of a Scrap Metal Council and for connected purposes. It establishes the scrap metal council. The functions of the council shall be to receive public complaints and disputes from the public and within the scrap metal industry, to receive, vet and process all applications for the grant and renewal of licenses, and to submit an annual status report on the scrap metal industry in Kenya to the cabinet secretary.
Kenya • 2014 • Trade, Industry, and Investment