Regulators Fine Directline Assurance and DTB; Petitioners Appeal High Court Seed Law Ruling - December 2025

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has fined Directline Assurance Company Limited 85 million Kenyan Shillings for abusing its buyer power against two small motor vehicle repair firms, Kilele Motors Limited and Midland Autocare Limited. In a separate regulatory action, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) fined Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Kenya and its Uganda subsidiary a combined Sh500,000 for breaching Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019, following a complaint about mishandling customer data. Meanwhile, in a legal matter, a coalition of 15 petitioners, including smallholder farmers and Greenpeace Africa, have filed an appeal against a High Court decision. The petitioners contest the ruling that overturned significant sections of Kenya's Seed and Plant Varieties Act.