Section 34C of Limited Liability Partnership Act CAP 30: Appointment of a local representative by a foreign Limited liability partnership

(1) A foreign limited liability partnership shall, for purposes of operating in
Kenya, appoint at least one local representative who shall beโ€”
(a) a permanent resident in Kenya; or
(b) a Kenyan citizen who ordinarily resides in Kenya.
(2) A foreign limited liability partnership shall lodge with the Registrar the particulars of every person who acts as a local representative of the foreign limited liability partnership and the consent of the local representative to act as such.
(3) The local representative shall issue and lodge with the Registrar a written notice of his or her intention to vacate the office to the foreign limited liability partnership.
(4) Where the local representative has lodged a notice under subsection (3),he or she shall cease to be the local representative of the foreign limited liability partnership on expiry of thirty days from the date of the lodgment of the notice.
(5) A foreign limited liability partnership and every partner of the foreign limited liability partnership who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence.

Disclaimer: This document is not to be taken as legal advice.
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