Kenya can still seek court orders against harmful online material. The High Court rejected a separate power that let a state committee make an entire website or application inaccessible without first going to court.
By Precursor · Policy & Regulation · 8 min read · 29 September 2026
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Uber’s exits from Tanzania, Nigeria and Uganda expose a weakness in ride-hailing that an app cannot solve alone. Fares must cover the full working journey, and a platform that leaves must account for the people who built its market.
Policy & Regulation · 11 min read
Kenya’s draft National Payment System Bill would replace the 2011 law with activity-based licensing, mandatory interoperability, open-finance services and stronger Central Bank powers, while an accompanying policy proposes a national instant-payment switch. But the decisions that will shape competition remain largely unwritten, including who owns the new rail, who gets direct access, what participants pay and how a regulator that may also operate infrastructure separates those roles. Kenya has already digitised payments. It is now deciding who controls the architecture underneath them.
Policy & Regulation · 22 min read
The High Court did not invalidate the transaction over one defective meeting. It found that the price preceded the valuation, the contracts preceded parliamentary approval and a transfer of control was presented to the public as an ordinary sale of shares.
Policy & Regulation · 5 min read
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