Industry Guidelines for Child Online Protection and Safety in Kenya
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In force.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What this law does
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The Communications Authority of Kenya requires every licensee and every ICT product or service provider whose offerings children may access, including content, e-commerce, application and social media services, to develop and implement age-verification mechanisms and to publish a child online protection and safety policy.
The guidelines took effect on execution and publication by the Authority and gave licensees six months to come into compliance, but the document does not itself state the day of that execution or publication. The guidelines do not prescribe a specific age-verification method, define a child as a person under eighteen years, and are enforced through complaints to the Authority and quarterly compliance reporting rather than a stated fine or criminal penalty.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
ICT products and services children may access, including content services, e-commerce, application services, interactive and social media services, and internet services, offered by any licensee of the Communications Authority of Kenya and any product or service provider in the ICT value chain.
Read the law
official guidelines text, Communications Authority of Kenya (ca.go.ke)