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Diaspora & Foreign Investors
Guidance for diaspora and foreign investors buying, holding, managing and selling Kenyan property and businesses: powers of attorney, remote due diligence, agent fraud and agency agreements, land fraud checks, freehold and leasehold limits for non-citizens, financing and mortgages from abroad, tax on a sale, succession planning for Kenyan assets, and working with a Kenyan advocate while living overseas. The guides explain the documents to sign, the checks to run before sending money and the registrations that must happen in Kenya.
Mediating Diaspora Property Disputes
A boundary dispute, a deposit stuck with a seller, a disagreement over inherited land, and the person affected is ten thousand kilometres away. Property…
Read the noteLand Rent and Rates in Kenya
Owning property in Kenya from abroad involves two annual obligations that diaspora owners frequently discover only when a transaction stalls: land rent and land…
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