Cross-Border Succession Planning Are you a Kenyan in the diaspora with property outside Kenya and back home? Or maybe you live in Kenya, own a family home here, have property in the UK, and maybe some shares in a US company? It could even be the other way round. You are a foreign national with
Most people who buy property in Kenya from abroad focus on finding the right plot, verifying the title deed, and completing the transaction. That part is important. But it is only half the job. The other half, the half that most buyers skip, is deciding how the property should be owned. Who holds the title.
Based on the WAREN Law Advocates LLP webinar “Wealth Protection Plan for Kenyans Abroad,” held on June 9, 2026, featuring Janice Wachuka, Cecilia Njeri, and Ephraim Ndegwa. The Family Division registry in Nairobi currently holds more than 13,000 active succession cases. Some estate disputes have been in the Kenyan courts for over 40 years, long
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If you are a Kenyan living abroad and you have been thinking about investing back home for two, five, or ten years and still have not moved, this article is for you. I write it because I sit on the other side of these conversations every week. The first email is rarely about land or
If you are a Kenyan living abroad and you have been thinking about investing back home but something keeps holding you back, you are not being irrational. Commonwealth and related diaspora research show strong interest in investing in Kenya, but trust, information gaps, and distance remain major barriers. My name is Janice Wachuka, and I
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