--- title: Afriwise Blog | Kenya (7) description: Kenya | (7) --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Environment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Climate change](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/climate-change) [ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica) ## [The Climate Change Amendment Bill is now law](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-climate-change-amendment-bill-is-now-law) On 1 September 2023, President William Ruto assented to the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill number 42 of 2023), which amends the Climate Change Act, Number 11 of 2016. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/government-abolishes-30-local-shareholding-requirement-for-ict-sector) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Know Your Customer](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/know-your-customer) [MWC Legal](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/mwc-legal) ## [An analysis on Negligence in Loan Disbursements by Banks](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/an-analysis-on-negligence-in-loan-disbursements-by-banks) The High Court, in a landmark Judgment delivered on 26th May, 2023 in the case of Gulf African Bank Limited v Atticon Limited and 4 others (Comm. Case No. E086 Of 2019 ) held that a bank must conduct an official search from the Companies Registry to fulfil it’s Know Your Cus.. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/kenya-the-water-amendment-bill-2023-harnessing-private-investment-for-financing-water-sector-projects) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [MWC Legal](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/mwc-legal) ## [Crowdfunding: The New Frontier of Investing in the Capital Markets](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/crowdfunding-the-new-frontier-of-investing-in-the-capital-markets) On the 30th September 2022, the Capital Markets (Investment Based Crowding) Regulations (the Regulations) were published vide Legal Notice No. 176 of 2022 in the Kenya Gazette in accordance with section 12 A of the Capital Markets Act, 1989 (the Act). 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