Kenya: Transitional period for compliance with Virtual Asset Service Providers Act 2025 (Act No. 20 of 2025) including prohibition of mixer and tumbler services expires

On 4 November 2026, the one-year transitional period under section 47 of the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act 2025 (Act No. 20 of 2025) expires. From this date, all virtual asset service providers in or from Kenya are required to be in full compliance with the prohibition of mixer or tumbler services and anonymity-enhancing services under section 21(1)(a) of the Act. A person who contravenes this prohibition commits a criminal offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding KES 10 million or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both, in the case of an individual, and to a fine not exceeding KES 25 million in the case of a company.