Parents who apply for adoption of children will now get one month leave with full pay

Parents who apply for adoption of children will now get one month pre-adoptive leave with full pay after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the Employment (Amendment) Bill of 2019 .

The new Employment (Amendment) Act, 2019 amends the Employment Act of 2007 to, among other provisions, include a one month pre-adoptive leave with full pay to parents who apply for the adoption of children.

On Tuesday, the President also signed into law the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2021 which amends several statutes to facilitate the ease of doing business in Kenya.

The Law of Contract Act (Cap. 23), The Industrial Training Act (Cap. 237), The Stamp Duty Act (Cap. 480), and The National Hospital Insurance Fund Act, 1998 are among the statutes amended by the new law.

Others are The National Social Security Fund Act, 2013, The Companies Act, 2015, The Insolvency Act, 2015, and The Small Claims Court Act, 2016.

The signing ceremony at State House, Nairobi was attended by National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi, Majority Leader Amos Kimunya and Clerk Michael Sialai.

Also present were Head of Public Service Dr Joseph Kinyua, Solicitor General Ken Ogeto and Treasury PS Dr Julius Muia.