Luke Otieno

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

#WrongMoveWednesday

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IS NOT A HEARING.

On 5 Dec 2013, Wells Fargo cash officers asked to see the Director over long nights loading ATMs and no transport home.

By that afternoon: show-cause letters. By the next day: hearings and dismissals.

A thread👇👇

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨 TAX TIP TUESDAY 🚨

Did you know a written approval from the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury abandoning 80% of your tax debt can be worth nothing at all?

Here’s what the Court of Appeal said in the London Distillers case. 🧵👇

#TaxTipTuesday #TaxLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨LEGAL UPDATE🚨

Crude Awakening at Kililana: Why Dangote’s mega-refinery needs public consultation to survive Lamu’s legal minefield.

🔗 Read Full Commentary: https://t.co/gjcWAGHFdi

#Energy #LamuRefinery #LegalUpdateKe #KenyaLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

💡FUN FACT FRIDAY💡

𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

A lawyer once secured an adjournment because his clients couldn't safely travel to court.

His clients? Rats.
The obstacle? Cats. 🐈⚖️

A true legal story from 16th-century France.

[THREAD]👇

#FunFactFriday

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

#WrongMoveWednesday

Your employee lied. Sack him? Not so fast.

Kenya's Court of Appeal adopted a Canadian test that asks a harder question: not whether the employee lied, but whether the lie destroyed the employment relationship beyond repair.

A thread👇👇

#EmploymentLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨LEGAL UPDATE🚨

The Court of Appeal has brought the NYS forfeiture saga to a close.

🔗Read Full Commentary: https://t.co/2MxZ4028nx

#LegalUpdate #Litigation #AssetRecovery #CourtOfAppeal #DisputeResolution #KenyaLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨#TaxTipTuesday🚨

Until this year, two Kenyan courts could read the same tax law and reach opposite conclusions on whether a bank could deduct a written-off loan's principal.

THE FINANCE ACT, 2026 JUST SETTLED IT.

Here's what changed [THREAD]👇

#FinanceAct2026 #TaxLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

💡FUN FACT FRIDAY💡

A Japanese family business started in 578 AD.

It survived 40 generations, wars, changing governments, economic crises, and over 1,400 years in business.

It wasn't defeated by competition. It was defeated by debt.

[THREAD] 👇

#FunFactFriday #KenyanLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨LEGAL UPDATE🚨

The merger is the easy part. The transition is where the real legal battles begin.

Our Part 2 analysis examines the unresolved questions in the proposed Kenya Intellectual Property Authority Bill 2026.

Read more: https://t.co/2bHsFRuLtt

#IPLaw #LegalUpdateKe

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨THREAD🚨

#TaxTipTuesday

A valid tax invoice is important but it is not enough to secure your VAT input tax claim.

The Court of Appeal has reaffirmed that input tax must be supported by real, traceable commercial transactions.

👇👇

#TaxLaw #TaxCompliance #KRA #CorporateLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨LEGAL UPDATE🚨

Three statutes. Three registries. Three tribunals. One Bill to end all three.

The Kenya Intellectual Property Bill, 2026 introduces a new legal architecture for Intellectual Property in Kenya.

Read Part One: https://t.co/0g7VMasQaS

#IntellectualProperty

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨 LEGAL UPDATE🚨

Your restructuring can be perfectly justified and still perfectly unlawful.

In Ecobank Kenya Ltd v Ngina, the Court of Appeal reminds employers that procedural compliance is not optional.

Learn more: https://t.co/gAdYUZLT3C

#EmploymentLaw #LegalUpdateKe

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨LEGAL UPDATE🚨

When does interpreting a tender criterion become unlawfully rewriting it?

Learn more: https://t.co/ujRVjgXy3S

#PublicProcurement #JudicialReview #ProcurementLaw #KenyaLaw #LegalUpdateKe

[Luke Otieno @LukeOtieno99]

@gpdkaluma Mheshimiwa don't you think you're creating enemity with the wrong people?

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨 LEGAL UPDATE 🚨

From 1 July 2026, Kenya has fully enforced mandatory local marine cargo insurance.

Importers can no longer rely solely on foreign marine insurance for customs clearance.

Learn more: https://t.co/8TNIUo8uvy

#MarineInsurance #KenyaLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨 LEGAL UPDATE: What the Law Owes an Unsuccessful Tenderer 🚨

For tenderers, urgency and procedural fidelity are paramount; for procuring entities, incomplete evaluation records are the greatest litigation liability.

Read our full commentary here: https://t.co/MO0fmyskwF

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨 LEGAL UPDATE: Can an Embassy be Sued for Unfair Dismissal? 🚨

The Big Question: Does diplomatic immunity protect a mission from being sued by its own locally engaged staff in the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC)?

Full commentary: https://t.co/yW9uua04Hr

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨 LEGAL UPDATE: Hands Off the Gavel! 🚨

The Court of Appeal's recent decision in KUDHEIHA v Tea Hotels Limited & Others [2026] serves as a stern reminder that court-ordered auctions are governed by a strict, mandatory process.

Full Update: https://t.co/3GkCkByekr

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨LEGAL UPDATE🚨

The Label Does Not Govern: Two Recent Judgments Confirm That Substance Prevails Over Form in the Classification of Work Arrangements.

📄 Read Full Commentary: https://t.co/fmF2MievhS

#LegalUpdate #KenyaLaw #EmploymentLaw #LabourLaw

[Wamae & Allen LLP @WamaeAllen]

🚨 LEGAL UPDATE🚨

Writing a Will is not about death; it is a final, proactive act of responsibility to ensure your voice is heard when you no longer can.

Read our full commentary here: https://t.co/bWG0Nw2y8X

By Kigata Caxstone Phelix, Nickson Jectone & Wendy Macharia