By gatuyu t.j A 2022 audit report by the National Construction Authority (NCA) on the collapse of buildings in Kenya places the blame on poor workmanship and non-compliance to standards. The report says 10,791 out of 14,895 buildings were marked as unsafe for occupancy and needed either reinforcement or demolition. Typically, as the NCA reports … Continue reading New Building Code Required to Tame Shoddy Buildings

In drafting of statutes, creating an offence is fun. It makes the drafter feel 'powerful'. The Statute book has over thousand Laws, each creating offences. Most of these offenses are overlapping. How are the people expected to know all these offences? Nope. However, if the Penal Code was the primary source of grading of offences, … Continue reading Make The Penal Code Great Again! Case for Consolidated Offence Drafting Style in Kenyan Law.

Presently, there are no official underwriters for the bond markets in Kenya. When a prospective issuer float securities in the debts market, they use arrangers such as investment banks. But arrangers are not underwriters. By gatuyu t.j RISK is everywhere, and it is perceived differently.  For an entity seeking to tap the capital markets and … Continue reading Creating A Network of Underwriters Would Boost Debt Markets