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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 provisions relating to companies, and to provide for related matters.

This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for limited liability partnerships and for connected purposes. Part V and Part VI detail the conversion of partnerships and private companies into a limited liability partnership and the management of limited liability partnerships respectively.

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.

The main aim of national horticulture policy is to improve horticultural production and support the subsector to provide value addition to both domestic and foreign trade. It was developed to sustain the industry’s growth and development to enable it to contribute to food and nutrition security and provide raw materials for primary processing.

Part three of this Act concerns with the registration of co-operative societies. It states that on societies that has the following as its objectives shall be registered; the promotion of the welfare and economic interests of its members, and has incorporated in its by-laws the following co-operative principles – voluntary and open membership, democratic member control, economic participation by members, education, training and information and concern for the community in general.

This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for copyright in literary, musical and artistic works, audio-visual works, sound recordings, broadcasts and for connected purposes. It provides for the establishment of the Kenya copyright board in Nairobi. The functions of the board shall license and supervise the activities of collective management societies as provided for under this act and devise promotion, introduction and training programs on copyright and related rights, to which end it may co-ordinate its work with national or international organizations concerned with the same subject matter

This is a parliamentary Act to implement Kenya’s obligations under the united nations convention against transnational organized crime, particularly its protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children; to provide for the offences relating to trafficking in persons and for connected purposes.

This is a parliamentary Act to regulate deeds of arrangement. A deed of arrangement to which this Act applies includes any instrument of the classes mentioned in this document, whether under seal or not— made by, for or in respect of the affairs of a debtor for the benefit of his creditors generally; made by, for or in respect of the affairs of a debtor who was insolvent at the date of the execution of the instrument for the benefit of any three or more of his creditors.

This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the disposal of goods deposited under certain contracts but not re-delivered, and for connected purposes. It applies to goods in the possession or under the control of a custodian under a contract—to repair, treat or work on the goods, to value, survey or give an estimate relating to the goods, for custody or warehousing of the goods for reward and carriage of the goods or under any other contract of bailment, express or implied.

The national automotive policy is a holistic framework that covers the comprehensive revitalization and development of the automotive industry in Kenya. It recognizes Kenya’s obligation to develop the sector in an environment-friendly ecosystem. The policy addresses the entire value chain and inter-linkages with interrelated sectors of the economy which have a high multiplier effect for economic growth and development, such as iron and steel, transport, leather, plastics and rubber, foam, fuel/gas, glass, electronics and software, among others. Due to the emerging disruptive technologies, the policy also projects futuristic development trends.

The doing business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. It captures several important dimensions of the regulatory environment as it applies to local firms. It provides quantitative indicators on regulation for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measures features of labour market regulation. The statistical report in this document was derived from data collected for the project in June 2017. It captures procedures to legally start and operate a company in Kenya.

This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the establishment of an appropriate legal and institutional framework for the management of the environment and for the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. Every person in Kenya is entitled to a clean and healthy environment and had the duty to safeguard and enhance the environment. The entitlement to a clean and healthy environment under subsection one includes the access by any person in Kenya to the various public elements or segments of the environment for recreational, educational, health, spiritual and cultural purposes.

This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the establishment of export processing zones and the export processing zones authority, to provide for the promotion and facilitation of export-oriented investment and the development of enabling environment for such investment and for connected purposes. The established authority will focus on the development of all aspects of the export processing zones with particular emphasis on provision of advice on the removal of impediments to, and creation of incentives for, export-oriented production in areas designated as export processing zones; the regulation and administration of approved activities within the export processing zones, through implementation system in which the export processing zone enterprises are self-regulatory to the maximum extent; and the protection of government revenues and foreign currency earnings.

This is a parliamentary Act to promote and facilitate investment by assisting investors in obtaining the licences necessary to invest and by providing other assistance and incentives and for related purposes. The document describes investment as the contribution of local or foreign capital by an investor, including the creation or acquisition of business assets by or for a business enterprise and includes the expansion, restructuring, improvement or rehabilitation of a business enterprise. It clearly states that a local investor may apply to the authority for an investment certificate and a foreign investor who intends to invest in Kenya shall also apply to the authority for an investment certificate.

The National Agriculture Investment Plan accompanies the Agriculture Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS) to focus on agricultural transformation through commercialized and modern agricultural sector to achieve national food and nutrition security. It is a five-year plan to speed up agricultural development in alignment with the objectives of United Nation’s SDGs and the third medium-term plan of the Kenya Vision 2030.

The performance of the furniture and timber value chain in Kenya is crucial both to employment and growth in the country. Therefore this document is designed to provide a comprehensive value-chain analysis of the Kenyan furniture industry, including the timber sub-sector, identify the main challenges facing the furniture industry in Kenya and recommend critical interventions to stimulate the industry’s development.