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LEGAL ALERT NO.1 OF 2023

Insights on Sectional Properties in Kenya In the recent past, Long term leases conferring ownership over apartments, flats, maisonettes, townhouses, or offices (sectional units) were registered on the strength of architectural plans/drawings. The Sectional Properties Act (the Act) was enacted in the year 2020 to govern the registration of such sectional units and thereafter the …

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LEGAL ALERT NO.1 OF 2022

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF SECTIONAL UNITS AND CONVERSION OF LONG-TERM LEASES TO SECTIONAL TITLES PURSUANT TO THE SECTIONAL PROPERTIES ACT, 2020 AND THE SECTIONAL PROPERTIES REGULATIONS,2021. The step by step procedure for registration of Sectional Units and conversion of Long-Term Leases to Sectional Titles under the newly enacted Sectional Properties Act 2020 …

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The Impact Of The Sectional Properties ACT 2020 (“The Act”) On Transfer Of Plots Vide Long Term Leases

LEGAL ALERT NO.3 OF 2021. Introduction Transfer of an interest in land by way of long terms leases has its legal basis in section 7 of the Land Act which provides that title to land may be acquired through long-term leases exceeding Twenty-One years created out of private land. Section 54(5) of the Land Registration …

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