Constitutional law

Constitution of Kenya
Constitution of Kenya
Constitution of Kenya

Human Rights

Kenya National Commission of Human Rights Act 2002 / no 9
The Kenya National Commission On Human Rights Act, 2002

Litigation and court procedure

Advocates (Continuing Legal Education) Regulations, 2004
Advocates Act (Chapter 16)
Appellate Jurisdiction Act (Chapter 9)
Commissioners of Assize Act (Chapter 12)
Council of Legal Education Act (Chapter 16 a)
Evidence Act (Chapter 80)
Judicature Act (Chapter 8)
Justice of the Peace Act (Repealed) (Chapter 13)
Kadhis' Courts Act (Chapter 11)
Land Disputes Tribunal Act 1990 / no 18
Law Society of Kenya (Chapter 18)
Magistrates' Courts Act (Chapter 10)
Notaries Public Act (Chapter 17)
Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act (Chapter 15)
Subordinate Courts (Separation and Maintenance) Act (Chapter 153)

Electoral law

Political Parties Act 2007 / no 10

Administrative / Public Law

Aliens Restriction Act (Chapter 173)
Aliens Restriction Act (Chapter 173)
Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act (Chapter 131)
Births and Deaths Registration Act (Chapter 149)
Education Act (Chapter 211)
Government Proceedings Act (Chapter 40)
Immigration Act (Chapter 172)
Immigration Act (Chapter 172)
Kenya Citizenship Act (Chapter 170)
Kenya Citizenship Act (Chapter 170)
Local Government Act (Chapter 265)
Mohammedan Marriage and Divorce Registration Act (Chapter 155)
National Flag, Emblems and Names (Chapter 99)
National Museums and Heritage Act 2006 / no 6
National Security Intelligence Service Act 1998 / no 11
Non-governmental Organizations Co-ordination Regulations, 1992
Official Secrets Act (Chapter 187)
Preservation of Public Security (Chapter 57)
Public Holidays (Chapter 110)
Public Order Act (Chapter 56)
Public Procurement and Disposal Act 2005 / no 3
Refugees Act 2006 no 13
Registration of Documents (Chapter 285)
Registration of Persons (Chapter 107)
Registration of Titles (Chapter 281)
Statistics Act (Repealed) (Chapter 112)
Statistics Act 2006 / no 4
The Education Act Chapter 211
The Kenya Citizenship Act, Cap 170
The Kenyatta University Act
The Maseno University Act, 2000
The National Security Intelligence Service Act, 1998
The National Social Security Fund Act CHAPTER 258
The University Act
The University of Nairobi Act
Universities Act (Chapter 210B)
University of Nairobi Act (Chapter 210)

Criminal Law

Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act 2003 / no 3
Chang'aa Prohibition Act (Chapter 70)
Criminal Procedure Act (Chapter 75)
Election Offences (Chapter 66)
Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Act (Chapter 77)
Extradition (Contiguous and Foreign Countries) Act (Chapter 76)
Firearms Act (Chapter 114)
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (control) Act 1994
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control 1994 / no 4
Penal Code (Chapter 63)
Police Act (Chapter 84)
Prevention of Corruption Act (Repealed) (Chapter 65)
Prisons Act (Chapter 90)
Probation of Offenders Act (Chapter 64)
Sexual Offences Act 2006 / no 3
Witchcraft Act (Chapter 67)
Witness Summonses (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Chapter 78)

Civil Law

Adoption Act (Repealed) (Chapter 143)
African Christian Marriage and Divorce (Chapter 151)
Age of Majority Act (Chapter 33)
Bills of Exchange (Chapter 27)
Children Act 2001 / no 8
Children and Young Persons Act (Repealed) (Chapter 141)
Civil Procedure Act (Chapter 21)
Contracts in Restraint of Trade (Chapter 24)
Debts (Summary Recovery) (Chapter 42)
Equitable Mortgages (Chapter 291)
Government Contracts (Chapter 25)
Hindu Marriage and Divorce Act (Chapter 157)
Land Acquisition (Chapter 295)
Land Adjudication (Chapter 284)
Land Consolidation (Chapter 283)
Land Control Act (Chapter 302)
Land Titles Act (Chapter 282)
Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act (Chapter 301)
Law of Contract (Chapter 23)
Law of Succession (Chapter 160)
Limitations of Actions (Chapter 22)
Marriage Act (Chapter 150)
Matrimonial Causes (Chapter 152)
Mortgages (Special Provisions) (Chapter 304)
Registered Land Act (Chapter 300)
Rent Restriction (Chapter 296)
Survey Act (Chapter 299)
Trespass (Chapter 294)
Trust Land (Chapter 288)
Trustee Act (Chapter 167)
Trusts of Land (Chapter 290)

Commercial Law

Brokers Act (Chapter 527)
Export Processing Zones Act (Chapter 517)
Foreign Investments Protection Act (Chapter 518)
Hire Purchase Act (Chapter 507)
Hotels and Restaurants Act (Chapter 494)
Hotels and Restaurants Act (Chapter 494)
Investment Promotion Act 2004 / no 6
Liquor Licensing Act (Chapter 121)
Motor Vehicle Components and Accessories Act (Chapter 520)
PawnBrokers Act (Chapter 529)
Restrictive Trade Practices, Monopolies and Price Control Act (Chapter 504)
Sale of Goods Act (Chapter 31)
Standards Act (Chapter 496)
Trade Descriptions Act (Chapter 505)
Trading in Prohibited Goods Act (Chapter 519)
Weights and Measures Act (Chapter 513)

Company law

Companies Act (Chapter 486)
Factories Act (Chapter 514)
Limited Partnerships (Chapter 30)
Partnership Act (Chapter 29)
Registration of Business Names Act (Chapter 499)
The Co-operative Societies Act (Amended), 2004
The Industrial Registration Act, Chapter 118
The Non-Governmental Organizations Coordination Act, Act No. 19
The Restrictive Trade Practices, Monopolies and Price Control Act - Chapter 504
The State Corporations Act
Trade Marks Act (Chapter 506)
Transfer of Businesses Act (Chapter 500)

Labor Law

Accountants Act (Chapter 531)
Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act (Chapter 525)
Employment Act 2007 / no 11
Employment Act 2007 / no 11
Engineers Registration Act (Chapter 530)
Estate Agents Act (Chapter 533)
Kenya National Examinations Council (Chapter 225A)
Labour Institutions Act 2007 / no 12
Labour Institutions Act 2007 / no 12
Labour Relations Act 2007 / no 14
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2007 / no 15
Pensions Act (Chapter 189)
Regulation of Wages and Conditions of Employment (Chapter 229)
Retirement Benefits Act
Retirement Benefits Act 1997
Trade Disputes (Chapter 234)
Trade Unions (Chapter 233)
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act (Chapter 192)
Work Injury Benefits Act 2007 / no 13
Work Injury Benefits Act 2007 / no 13
Workmen's Compensation (Chapter 236)

Health law

Dangerous Drugs (Chapter 245)
Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances (Chapter 254)
HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control 2006 / no 14
Human Tissues Act (Chapter 252)
Kenya Red Cross Society Act (Chapter 256)
Malaria Prevention (Chapter 246)
Medical Practitioners and Dentists (Chapter 253)
Mental Health (Chapter 248)
Nurses Act (Chapter 257)
Persons with Disabilities Act 2003 / no 14
Pharmacy and Poisons (Chapter 244)
Public Health (Chapter 242)
Radiation Protection (Chapter 243)
Tobacco Control Act 2007 / no 4
Use of Poisonous Substances (Chapter 247)

Mining Law

Diamond Industry Protection (Chapter 310)
Mining Act (Chapter 306)
Trading in Unwrought Precious Metals Act (Chapter 309)

Insurance Law

Insurance (Motor Vehicle Third Party Risks) Act (Chapter 405)
Insurance Act (Chapter 487)
Reinsurance Act (Chapter 487A)

Tax law

Air Passenger Tax Act (Chapter 475)
Customs and Excise (1st Booklet) Act (Chapter 472)
Customs and Excise (2nd Booklet) Act (Chapter 472)
Customs and Excise Act 2001
Customs and Excise Act 2001
Entertainments Tax Act (Chapter 479)
Estate Duty Act (Chapter 483)
Hotel Accommodation Tax Act (Chapter 478)
Income Tax (Allowances and Rates) (Chapter 471)
Income Tax Act (Chapter 470)
Income Tax Act (Chapter 470)
Income Tax Act 2003/2004
Income Tax Act 2003/2004
Kenya Revenue Authority Act (Chapter 469)
Local Manufacturers (Export Compensation) Act (Chapter 481)
Refinery Throughput Tax Act (Chapter 474)
Second-Hand Motor Vehicles Purchase Tax Act (Chapter 484)
Stamp Duty Act (Chapter 480)
Telecommunications Tax Act (Chapter 473)
Value Added Tax Act
Value Added Tax Act (Chapter 476)
Value Added Tax Act 2004
Video Tax Act (Chapter 477)

Banking law

African Development Bank Act (Chapter 492)
Banking Act
Banking Act (Chapter 488)
Bankruptcy Act (Chapter 53)
Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited Act 1978 / no 11
Capital Markets (Asset Backed Securities) Regulations, 2007
Capital Markets (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 2001
Capital Markets (Foreign Investors) Regulations. 2002
Capital Markets (Licensing Requirements) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
Capital Markets (Registered Venture Capital Companies) Regulations, 2007
Capital Markets (Securities) (Public Offers Listing and Disclosure ) Regulations 2002
Capital Markets (Take overs and Mergers) Regulations, 2002
Capital Markets Act 2002 (Cap 485a)
Capital Markets Authority Act (Chapter 485A)
Central Bank of Kenya Act
Central Bank of Kenya Act (Chapter 491)
Central Depositories (Capital Markets ) Operational Rules, 2003
Central Depositories (Regulation of Central Depositories) Rules, 2004
Central Depositories Act 2000
Cheques Act (Chapter 35)
Deeds of Arrangement (Chapter 54)
East African Development Bank Act (Chapter 493A)
External Loans and credit Act (Chapter 422)
General Loans and Stock Act (Chapter 419)
Government Securities Act (Chapter 421)
Guarantee (Loans) Act (Chapter 461)
Internal Loans Act (Chapter 420)
Kenya Posts Office Saving Bank Act (Chapter 493B)

Communications and Media Law

Books and Newspapers (Chapter 111)
Films and Stage Plays Act (Chapter 222)
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Act (Chapter 221)
Kenya Communications Act 1998 / no 2
Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Act (Repealed) (Chapter 411)
Media Act 2007 / no 3
Science and Technology Act
Science and Technology Act
The Kenya Communications Regulations, 2001

Transport and Maritime Law

Carriage by Air Act 1993 / no 2
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (Chapter 392)
Civil Aviation Act (Chapter 394)
Ferries Act (Chapter 410)
Kenya Airports Authority Act (Chapter 395)
Kenya Ports Authority Act (Chapter 391)
Kenya Railways Corporation Act (Chapter 397)
Kenya Roads Act 2007 / no 2
Lakes and Rivers Act (Chapter 409)
Marine Insurance Act (Chapter 390)
Maritime Zones Act (Chapter 371)
Maritime Zones Act.
Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 389)
Public Roads And Roads of Access Act (Chapter 399)
Public Roads Toll Act (Chapter 407)
Territorial Waters Act of 16 May 1972, revised in 1977
The Kenya Roads Board Act, 1999
Traffic Act (Chapter 403)
Transport Licensing Act (Chapter 404)

Environmental Law

Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act 1999 / no 8
Fisheries Act (Chapter 378)
Forests Act (Chapter 385)
Kenya Tourist Development Authority (Chapter 382)
Kenya's Environment Management and Coordination Act 1999
The Forests Act, 2005
Timber Act (Chapter 386)
Tourist Industry Licencing Act (Chapter 381)
Water Act 2002
Water Act 2002 / no 8
Wildlife (Conservation and Management) Act (Chapter 376)

Intellectual Property Law

Copyright (Repealed) Act (Chapter 130)
Copyright Act 2001 / no 12
Industrial Property Act (Repealed) (Chapter 509)
Industrial Property Act 2001 / no 3
Seeds and Plant Varieties Act
Seeds and Plant Varieties Act, 1972
Seeds and Plant Varieties Act, 1972
Seeds and Plant Varieties Regulations, 1994
The Copyright Act, (Chapter 130 of 1966, as last amended by the Copyright (Amendment) Act, No. 9 of 1995)
The Industrial Property Act
The Industrial Property Act 2001
The Industrial Property Regulations, 2002
The Trade Marks Act (Chapter 506)
The Trade Marks Act, last amended in 1994
United Kingdom Designs Protection (Chapter 510)

Arbitration law

Arbitration Act (Repealed) (Chapter 49)
Arbitration Act 1995 / no 4

Energy law

Electric Power Act 1997 / no 11
Energy Act 2006 / no 12
Mombasa Pipeline Board Act (Chapter 373)
Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act (Chapter 308)
Petroleum Act (Chapter 116)
Petroleum Development Fund 1991 / no 4
The Electric Power Act, 1997
The Energy Act 2006
The Petroleum (Exploration And Production) Act (ch 308, 1986)

Construction law

Building Societies Act (Chapter 489)
Guarantee (House Purchase) Act (Chapter 462)
Housing Act (Chapter 117)

Agriculture Law

Agricultural Finance Corporation Act (Chapter 323)
Agricultural Produce (Export) (Chapter 319)
Agricultural Produce Marketing (Chapter 320)
Agriculture Act (Chapter 318)
Animal Diseases Act (Chapter 364)
Branding of Stock Act (Chapter 357)
Cattle Cleansing Act (Chapter 358)
Coconut Industry Act (Chapter 331)
Coconut Preservation Act (Chapter 332)
Coffee Act 2001 / no 9
Cotton (Amendment) Act 2006 / no 7
Cotton Act (Chapter 335)
Crop Production and Livestock Act (Chapter 321)
Dairy Industry Act(Chapter 336)
Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs Act (Chapter 345)
Hide, Skin and Leather Trade Act (Chapter 359)
Irrigation Act (Chapter 347)
Kenya Meat Commission Act (Chapter 363)
Meat Control Act (Chapter 356)
Pest Control Products Act (Chapter 346)
Plant Protection Act (Chapter 324)
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Chapter 360)
Pyrethrum Act (Chapter 340)
Rabies Act (Chapter 365)
Seeds and Plant Varieties Act (Chapter 326)
Sisal Industry Act (Chapter 341)
Stock Produce Theft Act (Chapter 355)
Sugar Act 2001 / no 10
Tea Act (Chapter 343)
Veterinary Surgeons Act (Chapter 366)

Commentated Laws

Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act 2003 / no 3
Content review of new labour laws

Law Sources

Capital Markets Authority
Central Bank of Kenya
Communications Commission of Kenya
Department of Immigration
Electoral Commission of Kenya
Kenya Association of Manufacturers
Kenya Civil Aviation authority
Kenya Law Reports Statute Search
Kenya Laws
Kenya Revenue Authority
Ministry Of Environment and Natural Resources
Ministry Of Finance
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Energy
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Industralization
Ministry of Planning and National Development
Ministry of Trade & Industry
Ministry of Water and Irrigation
National Environment Management Authority