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The Public Benefits Organizations Act, 2013
Ministry of Interior and National Administration
The Public Benefits Organizations (PBO) Act replaces the NGO Coordination Act of 1990 and establishes a new regulatory authority to oversee the sector. Introduces a Disputes Tribunal and a National Federation of PBOs and sets stricter governance and accountability standards. To promote compliance, the Act offers incentives such as tax exemptions, access to government funding, and capacity-building support.
Kenya • 2013 • Public Administration
The Affordable Housing Act, 2024
Cabinet Secretary for Housing
The Act establishes a framework to ensure access to affordable and institutional housing in Kenya. It introduces a 1.5% housing levy on both employers and employees, creates an Affordable Housing Fund and Board, sets up county-level housing committees, stipulates eligibility criteria for housing units, and offers tax reliefs and protections to contributors.
Kenya • 2024 • Housing & Urban Development
The County Licensing (Uniform Procedures) Act, 2024
Cabinet Secretary for Housing
A nationwide harmonization of licensing processes across all 47 counties to streamline business operations. The Act mandates the establishment of County Licensing Boards, sets a 28-day deadline for application decisions, and requires counties to digitize licensing systems within three years for enhanced efficiency and transparency.
Kenya • 2024 • Trade & Business Regulation
Companies and Insolvency Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2015
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of land
This Act updates several existing laws to align with the Companies Act, 2015 and Insolvency Act, 2015, ensuring legal continuity. It amends statutes like the Records Disposal Act, Advocates Act, Chattels Transfer Act, and others, updating references and modifying provisions rendered obsolete by the new company and insolvency laws.
Kenya • 2015 • Corporate Law & Insolvency Legal Reform
The Business Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020
Land, Ministry of Labour, Trade and Enterprise
This Act eases doing business by introducing electronic processes and modernizing transaction formalities across multiple laws—including allowing electronic signatures, e-filing, and digital stamping; removing requirements for land rent/rate clearance certificates; abolishing seal requirements and bearer shares; and enhancing insolvency, construction, and insurance rules.
Kenya • 2020 • Construction industry, Corporate law and commercial contracts, Insolvency processes, Land transactions & property, Tax and investment incentives
The National Rating Act, 2024
Ministry responsible for land matters
The Act establishes a uniform national framework for the valuation of land and buildings and the imposition of property rates by county governments. The Act also creates the Office of the Chief Government Valuer and a National Rating Tribunal to ensure consistency, fairness, and dispute resolution.
Kenya • 2024 • Land administration
The Primary Health Care Act, 2023
Ministry of Health.
A legal framework for delivering, accessing, and managing primary health care in Kenya. It establishes primary health care networks and community health units and defines the roles of community health promoters, officers, assistants, and multidisciplinary teams, all built around the goal of advancing universal health coverage (UHC).
Kenya • 2023 • Health
The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2018
Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, Trade & Enterprise Development
This Act implemented a range of minor, omnibus amendments across several existing laws serving as a legal “tidying up” exercise. It modified statutes such as the Industrial Property Act, Anti-Counterfeit Act, Land Act, Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, etc.
Kenya • 2018 • Environmental regulation, Intellectual property, Land administration, Wildlife conservation
The Sustainable Waste Management Act, 2022
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
The Act establishes a robust legal and institutional framework to manage waste sustainably promoting a circular economy, enforcing segregation at source, ensuring extended producer responsibility (EPR), creating formal waste governance structures, and setting stringent penalties for non-compliance.
Kenya • 2022 • Environmental Management
Tax Procedures (Amendment) Act, 2024
The National Treasury and Planning
The Act amends procedures and compliance systems within Kenya’s tax framework under the Tax Procedures Act, 2015.
Kenya • 2024 • Finance
Nairobi International Financial Centre (General) Regulations, 2021
National Treasury & Planning
These Regulations set out the operational rules under Kenya’s Nairobi International Financial Centre Act, detailing the certification process for firms, procedures for qualified financial activities, and governance measures like conflict-of-interest protocols
Kenya • 2021 • Finance
Public Private Partnerships Act, No. 14 of 2021
National Treasury and Planning
The Act establishes a robust legal framework allowing the private sector to participate in financing, constructing, developing, operating, and maintaining public infrastructure and development projects.
Kenya • 2021 • Infrastructure development
The Petition to County Assemblies (Procedure) Act, 2020
Ministry of Devolution
The Act establishes a standardized procedure for petitioning county assemblies in Kenya, ensuring petitions comply with specified format, language, filing protocols, and processing by county assemblies
Kenya • 2020 • Governance and Public Administration
The Foreign Service Act, 2021
Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs
The Act establishes the Foreign Service of the Republic of Kenya within the Ministry (now the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs). It defines its structure, functions, and governance, including the roles and authority of the Cabinet Secretary and Principal Secretary, and mandates operational protocols, including emergency evacuations and communications.
Kenya • 2021 • Foreign Affairs
The Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2025
Ministry of National Treasury
This Act authorizes the withdrawal of additional funds from the Consolidated Fund for the 2024/2025 fiscal year, enabling the government to fund key programmes such as education reforms and the rollout of Universal Health Coverage.
Kenya • 2025 • Finance
Social Health Insurance Act, 2023
Ministry of Health
The Social Health Insurance Act, 2023 (No. 16 of 2023) establishes a comprehensive framework for managing social health insurance in Kenya.
Kenya • 2023 • Health
Digital Health Act, 2023
Ministry of Health
The Digital Health Act 2023, establishes a legal framework to integrate digital technologies into Kenya’s healthcare system. It mandates the creation of a Digital Health Agency responsible for developing a Comprehensive Integrated Health Information System. The Act emphasizes data governance, patient privacy, and the secure exchange of health information.
Kenya • 2023 • Health
The Industrial Research and Development Institute Act, 2022
Trade and Enterprise Development
The Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute Act, 2022 (No. 6 of 2022) established KIRDI as a body corporate responsible for industrial research, development, and innovation in Kenya. The Act outlines KIRDI’s objectives, functions, governance structure, and financial provisions to promote industrial growth through research and technology transfer.
Kenya • 2022 • Industrial and manufacturing
County Allocation of Revenue Act (Act No. 9 of 2021)
National Treasury and Planning
| The County Allocation of Revenue Act, 2021 sets out how nationally raised revenue is distributed to Kenya’s 47 counties and governs fiscal accountability in transfers and spending. |
Kenya • 2021 • Public Finance
The Tea Act, 2020
The Tea Act, 2020 regulates Kenya’s tea industry by establishing the Tea Board of Kenya, licensing growers and dealers, promoting research, and ensuring proper marketing and development of tea.
Kenya • 2020 • Agriculture