Access to Information Act

The Access to Information Act lays down the conditions to which the government organs and agencies are obliged to give the information out. 

The Access to Information (General) Regulations under Legal Notice 161 of 2023 are the set of regulations that complement the Access to Information Act, 2016 in Kenya.

Kenya Konza Technology City (KMIP)

Konza City will be developed in four phases over 20 years on a 5,000-acre greenfield site located 60 km south of Nairobi. The new city has been designed as a technology hub with multi-use office space and city amenities to meet demand in Kenya and in East Africa. The project is expected to mobilize at least $500 million in private investment and generate 15,000 jobs in the first five years and serve as a catalyst for the full development of a 35,000-person city on a private basis over 20 years.

Kenya: Standardized Power Purchase Agreement for renewable energy - less than 10MW

Short-form relatively simplified power purchase agreement developed for the Kenyan Electricity Regulatory Board for use in "hydro, geothermal or gas fired" power generation facilities. It anticipates both a capacity charge and an energy charge. Seller is to sell all the net electrical output of the plant to purchaser. Also visit the Kenyan Renewable Energy Portal.

Kenya Communications Regulations 2001

This law sets out the general legal framework for telecommunications in Kenya. It contains licensing, competition policy, quality service, interconnection, co-location, universal service, tariffs regulation, penalties and sanctions and dispute resolution. It also covers some postal service issues.

For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Telecommunications & ICT.

 

 

 

Kenya: Public Procurement and Disposal Act 2005

See PPP Laws/Concession Laws - Kenya

This Act may be cited as the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint.

Purpose of the Act.

The purpose of this Act is to establish procedures for procurement and the disposal of unserviceable, obsolete or surplus stores and equipment by public entities to achieve the following objectives:

Kenya Water Act 2002

This is an Act of Parliament to provide for the management, conservation, use and control of water resources and for the acquisition and regulation of rights to use water; to provide for the regulations and management of water supply and sewerage services; to repeal the Water Act (Cap. 372) and certain provisions of the Local Government Act; and for related purposes.

From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini-Grids Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa

The implementation issues are presented with specific ground-level options and recommendations rather than just general pronouncements. To make the discussion more concrete for practitioners, the guide provides numerous real-world examples of successful and unsuccessful regulatory and policy actions taken in Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania, as well as Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.