CBK
Central Bank of Kenya
Banking & fintech licensing, forex regulations, payment systems oversight, and prudential requirements.
BankingFintechForex
Know what the regulator changed, and exactly what to do about it.
Built for fintech & crypto startups, SMEs, and international organisations operating in Kenya.
Regulatory coverage
Every regulator. One platform.
RegWatch monitors and synthesises changes across Kenya's primary regulatory bodies, a single lawyer-curated view of what matters.
ODPC
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
Data localisation, consent frameworks, cross-border transfer rules, and DPA compliance under Kenya's Data Protection Act.
PrivacyDataCompliance
CMA
Capital Markets Authority
Securities law, virtual asset regulatory sandbox, collective investment schemes and stockbroker licensing.
SecuritiesCryptoMarkets
KRA
Kenya Revenue Authority
Tax compliance updates, digital services tax, transfer pricing, and withholding tax obligations for international entities.
TaxCompliance
CAK
Competition Authority
Merger notifications, anti-competitive practices, and consumer protection standards.
CompetitionM&A
Coverage scope updated continuously · East African focus
How it works
Intelligence that has passed muster.
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Document ingestion
Our team uploads regulatory circulars, gazettes, and policy notices to a secure document store, indexed by jurisdiction.
02
AI analysis
AI-powered search extracts, indexes, and connects relevant content across all your assigned documents.
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Lawyer review
A qualified MNL advocate reviews every automated analysis and briefing before it is approved for publication.
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Delivered to you
Approved briefings appear in your RegWatch dashboard. Ask follow-up questions via AI chat, scoped only to your documents.
Regulatory briefing✓ Approved
CBK · April 2026CBK Circular No. 7/2026: Enhanced Due Diligence for Virtual Asset Service Providers
Approved by your MNL counsel · Sent to your dashboard
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Security & governance
Enterprise-grade, by design.
Built around the principle that legal intelligence requires the highest standards of access control and auditability.
Core policy
Human approval gate
No briefing or document ever reaches a client without explicit approval from a qualified MNL advocate. Enforced at the database level, not just the UI.
AI architecture
Enterprise AI retrieval
Documents are indexed inside Google's enterprise AI infrastructure, with no third-party embedding services and no export risk. Your corpus stays in one secure environment.
Data isolation
Company-scoped isolation
Each client organisation operates behind Row-Level Security. AI queries are scoped exclusively to your documents, so cross-client data leakage is architecturally impossible.
Compliance
Full audit trail
Every approval, publication, rejection, login, and document access is logged to an immutable audit table. Regulatory accountability is built in by design.
Access control
No self-signup architecture
There is no public registration. Every client account is provisioned directly by an MNL lawyer. The platform cannot be accessed without a formal onboarding relationship.
Data governance
Jurisdiction-level gating
Document access is enforced at the SQL row-security level by jurisdiction, not the UI. A client in one regulatory scope cannot see documents outside it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers, transparent process.
Who is RegWatch designed for?
RegWatch is designed for fintech and crypto startups, SMEs, and international organisations operating in Kenya who need to navigate complex, fast-changing regulatory landscapes (such as CBK licensing or ODPC compliance) without the overhead of manual tracking.
What is the role of MNL Advocates in RegWatch?
RegWatch is not a generic automated SaaS. It is an extension of MNL Advocates LLP's legal practice. Every single regulatory briefing, analysis, and circular summary on your dashboard has been reviewed, cross-checked, and approved by a qualified practicing advocate before publication.
How is client data kept secure and isolated?
Data security is built into our core database architecture. We enforce strict Row-Level Security (RLS) at the database layer. Your company's documents are indexed in a dedicated, isolated storage environment. Cross-client data exposure or model leakage is architecturally impossible.
How does the AI search and chat work?
When you ask questions in the compliance chat, our RAG pipeline searches the specific documents assigned to your organisation (such as your licences, compliance audits, or relevant circulars) using Google's enterprise-grade AI. It extracts relevant facts and compiles them with direct citations, ensuring no AI hallucinations.
Can any business sign up immediately?
No. To maintain strict professional standards and legal compliance, we do not support open self-registration. Access is restricted to clients of MNL Advocates LLP. If you are interested, request concierge access, and a team member will reach out to discuss the onboarding relationship.
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