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19/04/2024
Setting the Standard for Legal Excellence in the Latest Legal 500 Rankings
CMS Kenya | Daly Inamdar Advocates (CMS Kenya) has once again solidified its position as a dominant force in the legal landscape, securing top-tier rankings in Kenya according to the prestigious Legal...
15/04/2024
The Ministry of Lands Raises Stamp Duty on Land Transfers
By way of a letter dated 5 April 2024, the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, Public Works Housing and Urban Development directed all Land Registrars to charge, with immediate effect, stamp...
05/04/2024
People Announcement | Associates
CMS Daly Inamdar Advocates (CMS Kenya) is pleased to announce the elevation of our lawyers from each of our Firm’s core practice groups to higher positions within both our Nairobi and Mombasa offices...
02/10/2023
Consent: Consequences of Non-Compliance
The law provides for consent as one of the lawful basis for processing personal data.  As defined in the Data Protection Act, for consent to be fully satisfied, a data controller or data processor must...
27/09/2023
CMS now present in Mozambique
CMS signs with Maputo-based firm CGA
25/09/2023
Potential Penalty for Violating Data Breach Notification Timelines
One of the region’s leading retail outlets may be faced with a potential penalty of up to USD 40,000 for its failure to notify the Data Protection Commissioner of a data breach within 72 hours as required...
15/09/2023
Changes to Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) Laws in Kenya
The signing of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Bill into law has instituted widespread changes in the Limited Liability Partnerships Act of 2011 (LLP Act). The amendments...
06/09/2023
Significant Changes in Kenya’s Digital Economy: Cabinet Secretary Eliminates...
15/06/2023
Lusophone Africa Snapshot | June 2023
15/06/2023CMS Africa will be present once again at Africa's largest renewables energy sector event - the Africa Energy Forum - which this year takes place in Nairobi and will unite governments, utilities and regulators with development finance institutions, commercial banks, power developers, technology providers, EPCs and professional services. Over the last 24 years, the Forum has earnt a reputation as the most meaningful gathering of decision-makers in the African renewable energy sector. After CMS' first participation last year in Brussels, we became aware that it is the kind of event we need to attend, and we committed to strengthening our investment in it. To this end, this year CMS Africa will have a stand at the conference venue, will host a cocktail party at one of the official hotels, to welcome our clients and will have a delegation of 9 partners at the event from the offices in South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Kenya, Lisbon and London. The South Africa partner, Bridgett Majola, will also participate in a debate on procurement strategies and renewable energy projects. Among the topics under discussion this year are: Increasing Pace and Scale of Africa’s Renewable Energy Projects; The Growing Role of Africa’s Gas within Today’s Geo-Political Context; Africa’s Path to Becoming a Global Hydrogen Power House; Building Regional Power Markets.
07/06/2023
Enforcement Of The Data Protection Laws: The Rising Role Of The ODPC
The enactment of the Data Protection Act, 2019 (The Act) has led to a rapid change in how courts handle cases of infringement of data rights. This is because the Act has established the Office of Data...
06/06/2023
When Conduct Contradicts Intention: Implications of Variation of a Lease...
When parties enter into a lease agreement, they do so in the hope that the clauses they negotiate to govern their dealings will be useful in minimising the occurrence of disputes and in the event of unavoidable...
13/01/2023
ODPC in Kenya Cracks the Whip on Non-Compliance
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (the Regulator) on 21 December 2022 issued its first penalty against OPPO Kenya for the sum of KES 5 million (USD 40,600) for default to comply with an...