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Know your rights
Plain-language guides to the situations Kenyans face most — each right linked to the section of the law that gives it.
- If you are arrestedWhat the police must tell you, how long they can hold you, and your right to bail and a lawyer.
- Your rights at workContracts, pay slips, leave, sick days and what your employer must do before letting you go.
- Your personal dataHow to see, correct or delete what companies hold about you, stop marketing, and complain.
- Buying land safelyThe checks, consents and paperwork that protect a buyer from fraud and void sales.
- When a family member diesWho inherits, why you need a grant before touching the property, and how a valid will is made.
- Domestic violenceWhat counts as domestic violence, protection orders, and where to get urgent help.
- Renting a home or business premisesNotices, evictions and where to complain — for tenants of homes and of shops.
- Faulty goods and unpaid debtsYour rights when something you bought is faulty, and the cheap, fast way to recover small sums.