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iMANI
#1 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 11:11:53 AM
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According to FT..Kenya (rink) is the easiest country in the world to set up a shell company..much easier than Jersey or the Cayman Islands.

Any lawyers in the house..
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#2 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 11:32:29 AM
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Yes it's quite easy to get brokers to incorporate a company and they usually will not do any due diligence that a lawyer will normally carry out.
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#3 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 11:39:48 AM
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iMANI wrote:

According to FT..Kenya (rink) is the easiest country in the world to set up a shell company..much easier than Jersey or the Cayman Islands.

Any lawyers in the house..


Its going to be made harder really soon...
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#4 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 11:46:01 AM
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@maka, spot on. There is an initiative to integrate data on directors, bank accounts, utility bills and land/property ownership. This will make it harder, but not impossible.
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iMANI
#5 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 1:24:44 PM
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sizzla wrote:
@maka, spot on. There is an initiative to integrate data on directors, bank accounts, utility bills and land/property ownership. This will make it harder, but not impossible.


@ sizzla
which authority is leading this initiative...KRA?

it might be a long shot especially on the bank accounts due to the confidentiality clauses involved..
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#6 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 1:41:55 PM
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#7 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 2:34:06 PM
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quote from the article..

"Kenya is still pursuing millions of dollars lost in one of its worst national corruption outrages, linked to international shell companies. The Anglo Leasing scandal – which is thought to have started in 1997 but spanned several years – saw multi-million dollar state contracts awarded to non-existent foreign companies for services ranging from passport printing systems to naval ships, which never materialised."

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earthvoice
#8 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 11:43:02 PM
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Just out of curiosity...
How long is a newly formed company allowed to remain dormant after registration in Kenya? As in what is the maximum number of years allowed between registration and commencement of operations?
What happens when this period elapses? d'oh! Think
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earthvoice
#9 Posted : Tuesday, September 10, 2013 5:47:23 PM
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Anyone?
earthvoice wrote:
Just out of curiosity...
How long is a newly formed company allowed to remain dormant after registration in Kenya? As in what is the maximum number of years allowed between registration and commencement of operations?
What happens when this period elapses? d'oh! Think

"All intelligent investing is value investing -- acquiring more than you are paying for. You must value the business in order to value the stock." - Charlie Munger.
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Wendz
#10 Posted : Friday, January 31, 2014 11:58:49 AM
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earthvoice wrote:
Anyone?
earthvoice wrote:
Just out of curiosity...
How long is a newly formed company allowed to remain dormant after registration in Kenya? As in what is the maximum number of years allowed between registration and commencement of operations?
What happens when this period elapses? d'oh! Think



Anyone??
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