This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday assented to an omnibus Bill that seeks to amend, among other statutes, the Insolvency Act, 2015. The amendment of the Insolvency Act, 2015, was contained in the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which was introduced by National Assembly Majority Leader Amos Kimunya. The Business Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020, also allows receiver managers to pay unsecured creditors at the same time with secured ones, in what is a score to suppliers who are always last in repayments. The amendments contained in the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, are aimed at easing the cost of doing business. The Act has also amended the Stamp Duty Act to exempt payment of fixed stamp duty of Sh100,000 on contracts for purposes of reducing the cost of doing business.

Source: Standard Digital March 31, 2021 06:36 UTC