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LEGAL MADE EASY
LEGAL STRUCTURES
&
COMPLIANCE
Business & Law
All the things to think about
Business
Banks & Debt
Municipality
Partners/
shareholders
Regulators
Assets
Suppliers
Clients
LandlordEmployees
Intellectual
Property
Legal Structures
Business Structures
Company Limited by Shares
General Information & Process
❖ Proprietors/Subscribers
❖ Objects
❖ Directors & Co.Secretary
❖ Shareholding of each
shareholder
❖ Rights/Type of
shareholding
❖ Date of start of business
❖ Address of company and
directors
1. Name search and
Reservation
ecitizen.go.ke
2. Draft Documentation
3. Stamp Duty
4. File with Registrar
5. NSSF, NHIF & Tax
Registration
6. Certificate of
incorporation
GET STARTED:
uwakili.com
BN2 Registrations
&
Company Limited by
Guarantee
Company Limited by
Guarantee
❖ Business & proprietor
unified identity
❖ Unlimited liability
Process
❖ Proprietor details
❖ Nature of business
❖ Ksh 800
❖ Business License Ksh
200
❖ Separate identity
❖ Liability Limited by
shareholder contribution
Process
❖ Stamp duty Ksh 300
❖ NIS verification
❖ Varied number of days
processing
Business Name
Registration (BN2)
❖Separate Legal entity
❖Limitation of liability
❖Exists in perpetuity
❖Own property
❖Sue & be sued independently
Limited liability (LLC) Wins
Companies Act 2015
Some new things to think about
1. Single Member Companies
2. Unrestricted Objects
3. Company Resolutions that affect company’s
constitution must be filled within 14 days
4. 30% Kenyan by birth shareholding for foreign
branch companies.
Compliance
2 questions to ask
❖Which regulators are involved
in my business sector?
❖What is my compliance
record?
•Kenya Revenue Authority
•City Council of Nairobi
•Professional licensing
•NSSF/NHIF
•Registrar of Companies
•Communications Commission of Kenya
•Kenya Bureau of Standards
Common Regulators
Registrar of Companies
Compliance
Premises & Leasing
Basics of Leasing/Tenancy Agreements
❖Should be in writing
❖Clearly indicate the tenant and the landlord
(if subletting who is the main landlord)
❖Clear statement of rent and when & how it should
be paid
❖Conducive for the business activity e.g. noise
levels, health e.t.c.
❖Responsibilities of landlord or tenant: security,
cleanliness, water, electricity
❖Termination Notice Period
uwakili.com
Legal structures and Compliance (Kenya)

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Legal structures and Compliance (Kenya)

  • 1. LEGAL MADE EASY LEGAL STRUCTURES & COMPLIANCE
  • 3. All the things to think about Business Banks & Debt Municipality Partners/ shareholders Regulators Assets Suppliers Clients LandlordEmployees Intellectual Property
  • 7. General Information & Process ❖ Proprietors/Subscribers ❖ Objects ❖ Directors & Co.Secretary ❖ Shareholding of each shareholder ❖ Rights/Type of shareholding ❖ Date of start of business ❖ Address of company and directors 1. Name search and Reservation ecitizen.go.ke 2. Draft Documentation 3. Stamp Duty 4. File with Registrar 5. NSSF, NHIF & Tax Registration 6. Certificate of incorporation GET STARTED: uwakili.com
  • 9. Company Limited by Guarantee ❖ Business & proprietor unified identity ❖ Unlimited liability Process ❖ Proprietor details ❖ Nature of business ❖ Ksh 800 ❖ Business License Ksh 200 ❖ Separate identity ❖ Liability Limited by shareholder contribution Process ❖ Stamp duty Ksh 300 ❖ NIS verification ❖ Varied number of days processing Business Name Registration (BN2)
  • 10. ❖Separate Legal entity ❖Limitation of liability ❖Exists in perpetuity ❖Own property ❖Sue & be sued independently Limited liability (LLC) Wins
  • 12. Some new things to think about 1. Single Member Companies 2. Unrestricted Objects 3. Company Resolutions that affect company’s constitution must be filled within 14 days 4. 30% Kenyan by birth shareholding for foreign branch companies.
  • 14. 2 questions to ask ❖Which regulators are involved in my business sector? ❖What is my compliance record?
  • 15. •Kenya Revenue Authority •City Council of Nairobi •Professional licensing •NSSF/NHIF •Registrar of Companies •Communications Commission of Kenya •Kenya Bureau of Standards Common Regulators
  • 18. Basics of Leasing/Tenancy Agreements ❖Should be in writing ❖Clearly indicate the tenant and the landlord (if subletting who is the main landlord) ❖Clear statement of rent and when & how it should be paid ❖Conducive for the business activity e.g. noise levels, health e.t.c. ❖Responsibilities of landlord or tenant: security, cleanliness, water, electricity ❖Termination Notice Period