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In this guide Overview Background What is a sectional title? Registering a sectional plan Management corporation Levies and service charges Insurance Buying a sectional unit Conversion of older schemes Dispute resolution Old model vs new model FAQs Common pitfalls What you should do now How OLM Law can help Real estate & property law Sectional

Stamp duty on a property transfer in Kenya is charged at 4% of value in a city or municipality (2% elsewhere), on the higher of the price and the government valuation. This guide covers the rates, how duty is assessed and paid, duty on leases, and the available exemptions.

Conveyancing in Kenya is the legal process that transfers property from seller to buyer safely, typically taking 60 to 90 days. This guide sets out each stage — due diligence, the sale agreement, consents, stamp duty and registration — along with the timeline and costs.

Landlord and tenant law in Kenya — controlled tenancies, rent, eviction rights and the lawful route to possession for residential and commercial property.

Beneficial ownership in Kenya is the compliance duty most often missed by otherwise well-run companies. Every company must identify the real people behind it, keep a register of them, and file that information with the Registrar. This guide explains who counts as a beneficial owner, what you must file, the tight update rule, and the penalties for getting it wrong.

Every company on the Kenyan register carries yearly duties that are easy to forget. Annual returns in Kenya require each company to lodge form CR29 with the Registrar within 28 days of its return date. Miss that filing, or let your statutory registers lapse, and penalties follow. This guide sets out the full compliance picture.

Partnership registration in Kenya offers three vehicles, and the difference between them is liability. A general partnership exposes the partners personally; a limited liability partnership does not. This guide explains the general partnership, the limited partnership and the LLP, how to register each, and which one fits.

A shareholders agreement in Kenya is the contract that governs how the owners of a company deal with each other. It sits alongside the company’s articles of association and covers the questions that cause disputes: who can sell their shares, who decides the big things, and what happens when owners fall out. This guide explains what a shareholders agreement does, its key clauses, and why to put one in place early.