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DP Ruto: State will review ‘toxic’ clause in Companies Act

Deputy President William Ruto welcomes German ambassador to Kenya Jutta Frasch when she paid him a courtesy call at his Karen office in Nairobi. [Photo: DPPS]

Kenya will shelve the ‘toxic’ clauses in the Companies Act that demand citizens own a 30 per cent of all foreign companies as a pre-condition to be allowed to operate locally, Deputy President William Ruto has said.

Giant companies like Google and General Electric are required to have Kenyan shareholders under the new law, a condition that is impractical. “We will look for a way of correcting the situation so as to create a favourable climate for investments,” Mr Ruto said yesterday while hosting German Ambassador to Kenya Jutta Frasch.

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