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Laws of Kenya
>> The National Council for Law Reporting (Kenya Law) is a semi-autonomous Kenyan state corporation with the mandate to revise, consolidate and publish the Laws of Kenya.
>> The previous software used by Kenya Law’s legislation team required editors to re-write legislation using complicated XML tags, which had unrealistic proficiency requirements of legal copy editing and technical knowledge of XML.
>> With Laws.Africa Kenya Law adapted the Indigo Platform to suit the structure and unique requirements of Kenyan legislation.
>> The Kenya Law team is now able to publish new and updated legislation almost in real-time.