Kenya Statutory late-payment interest
Kenya Statutory late-payment interest: no single figure applies. The reason is set out below, cited to the governing instrument. Last checked against the official source on 10 Aug 2026.
Kenya fixes no general statutory or late-payment interest rate: interest on money claims is court discretion under Civil Procedure Act s 26, with a 6% deemed rate only where a decree is silent on post-decree interest.
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| Current value | structured — see the API |
|---|---|
| In force from | — |
| Official source | Civil Procedure Act, Cap 21, s 26: s 26(1) — interest 'at such rate as the court deems reasonable'; s 26(2) — 'Where such a decree is silent... the court shall be deemed to have ordered interest at 6 per cent per annum' |
| Last verified | 2026-08-10 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
REFUSAL — court discretion throughout: s 26(1) of the Civil Procedure Act lets the court order pre-decree and post-decree interest at such rate as it deems reasonable, and no late-payment-of-commercial-debts statute exists. The only fixed, citable figure is the s 26(2) FALLBACK: where a money decree is silent on post-decree interest, 6% per annum is deemed — a gap-filler for decrees, not a creditor-facing rate. The widely cited 12%/14% 'court rates' come from a 1982 practice direction and case law, not any gazetted instrument, and are not citable as statutory rates. CITATION TRAPS: the interest provision is in the Civil Procedure Act (Cap 21), NOT the Judicature Act (which ends at s 11); on new.kenyalaw.org the Act lives at /akn/ke/act/1924/3 — the /akn/ke/act/cap/21 path 404s. The 6% fallback long predates the 2022 revision, so no clean origin date exists.
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# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
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