President Kenyatta Tuesday signed into law the Employment (Amendment) Bill of 2019.
The Employment (Amendment) Act, 2019 amends the Employment Act of 2007 to include various provisions, chief among them, a one-month pre-adoptive leave with full pay to parents who apply for adoption of children.
Kenyatta also signed into law the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2021, which amends several acts to facilitate the ease of doing business in the country.
Some of the statutes amended by the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2021 include the Law of Contract Act (Cap 23), the Industrial Training Act (Cap 237), the Stamp Duty Act (Cap 480), and the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act of 1998, the National Social Security Fund Act of 2013, the Companies Act of 2015, the Insolvency Act of 2015, and the Small Claims Court Act of 2016.
The signing ceremony at State House, Nairobi was witnessed by National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi, Majority Leader Amos Kimunya, National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai, Head of Public Service Dr. Joseph Kinyua, Solicitor General Ken Ogeto, and Treasury PS Julius Muia.
