# Asili & Busara (A&B)

> Asili & Busara LLP (trading as A&B). Nairobi-based tax and compliance, financial (CFO) advisory, management consulting, technology advisory, audit and assurance, market entry and offshore structuring for businesses across East Africa. Tagline: Understanding Africa. Solving Business.

- Office: 4th Floor, Delta Corner Annex, Ring Road Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
- Enquiries: through the form at https://asilibusara.com/#consult
- Markets served: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Somalia developing), through regulator-verified local partners outside Kenya
- Offshore structuring: Mauritius, United Arab Emirates, Nevis, Cayman Islands
- Partners: Charles Obonyo, Partner, Management & Technology Consulting; Edward Chebii, Partner, Tax & Financial Advisory; Joan Naburuki, Legal Partner, Commercial & Regulatory Law
- Discovery calls: free 15 to 20 minute phone calls with a partner, booked from the "Book a 15-minute call" button on the site
- Official profiles: https://share.google/PlIzwUjEp16Jff2qj

## Pages
- [Services](https://asilibusara.com/services/): the full service catalogue and common questions
- [About](https://asilibusara.com/about/): what the name means and how the firm works
- [Team](https://asilibusara.com/team/): partners, advisory board, and regional/offshore advisors
- [Insights](https://asilibusara.com/insights/): briefings on tax, compliance, finance and cross-border structuring
- [Careers](https://asilibusara.com/careers/): open roles, how we hire and general applications
- [Request a consultation](https://asilibusara.com/#consult)

## Services
- [Tax & Compliance Advisory](https://asilibusara.com/services/#tax-compliance): iTax filing, VAT and PAYE compliance, eTIMS setup and withholding tax remittances, with a senior advisor reviewing anything unusual.
- [CFO Advisory](https://asilibusara.com/services/#financial-leadership): Budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow management for businesses not yet ready for a full-time CFO.
- [Accounting & Bookkeeping](https://asilibusara.com/services/#financial-leadership): Bookkeeping and month-end close on any accounting system, including QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, Zoho Books and spreadsheets, with monthly management accounts.
- [Audit & Assurance](https://asilibusara.com/services/#assurance): Independent financial statement audits.
- [IT Risk Advisory](https://asilibusara.com/services/#assurance): Systems and controls risk review: where financial data is exposed, and what a maker-checker process would catch.
- [Systems Selection & Implementation](https://asilibusara.com/services/#technology-advisory): Choosing and setting up accounting, ERP and CRM tools that fit the business’s stage.
- [Digital Compliance Tooling](https://asilibusara.com/services/#technology-advisory): eTIMS and iTax integration and digital recordkeeping for KRA compliance.
- [Process Automation](https://asilibusara.com/services/#technology-advisory): Automating invoicing, reconciliation and filing preparation.
- [AI Advisory](https://asilibusara.com/services/#technology-advisory): Where AI earns its keep in a specific business, and a deliberate adoption plan.
- [Market Entry Research](https://asilibusara.com/services/#structuring-advisory): Decision-ready research on an East African market before capital is committed.
- [Secretarial Services](https://asilibusara.com/services/#structuring-advisory): Entity registration, licensing, tax registration, work permits and banking introductions in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC.
- [Management Consulting](https://asilibusara.com/services/#structuring-advisory): Governance, operating structure and growth planning.
- [Wills](https://asilibusara.com/services/#private-client): Wills, powers of attorney and guardianship nominations, prepared jointly with a partner advocate.
- [Trusts & Offshore Services](https://asilibusara.com/services/#private-client): Kenyan family trusts, and treaty-based holding and asset-protection structures in Mauritius, the UAE, Nevis and the Cayman Islands.

## Common questions
- **Who does Asili & Busara work with?** Sole proprietors, professionals, SMEs and growing businesses in Kenya and across East Africa, and families and business owners on private client matters such as wills, trusts and succession.
- **Which countries do you cover?** We work from Nairobi across Kenya, and in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC through vetted, regulator-verified local partners. Somalia is a developing market for us. For offshore structuring we work with agents in Mauritius, the UAE, Nevis and the Cayman Islands.
- **What does your tax and compliance work cover?** iTax filing, VAT and PAYE compliance, eTIMS setup and withholding tax remittances: the recurring filing work done properly, with a senior advisor reviewing anything unusual.
- **We have outgrown gut-feel decisions but can’t justify a full-time CFO. Can you help?** Yes. CFO Advisory covers budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow management, and Accounting & Bookkeeping gives you monthly management accounts and a working KPI dashboard: the financial visibility of a finance function without the full-time hire.
- **Do we need to change accounting software to work with you?** No. We work in the system you already use, whether that’s QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, Zoho Books, an ERP or spreadsheets, and close your books there every month. If the system is holding you back, we’ll say so and help you move, but switching is never a condition.
- **How do you help a business expand into another East African market?** In two steps. Market Entry Research gives a decision-ready read on the market before capital is committed. Secretarial Services then handles entity registration, licensing, local tax registration, work permits and banking introductions through a verified local partner in each country.
- **When does an offshore structure make sense?** Only once a client’s profit or asset base has grown past the point where it genuinely applies. Many families start with a domestic trust under Kenyan law; treaty-based holding and asset-protection structures in Mauritius, the UAE, Nevis or the Cayman Islands come later, if at all.
- **Do you draft wills yourselves?** Wills, powers of attorney and guardianship nominations are drafted and certified jointly with a partner advocate. A&B handles the intake and coordination, not the legal drafting itself.
- **How does an engagement start?** Usually with one problem, most often compliance. Send a consultation request with a sentence or two on what’s going on; a partner reads every request and replies within one business day, and tells you which services actually apply.

## Latest briefings
- [From 2027, individuals must file income tax returns by 30 April](https://asilibusara.com/individual-income-tax-returns-due-30-april-2027/): The Finance Act, 2026 brings the individual filing deadline forward by two months. Your 2026 return is due on 30 April 2027, not 30 June. (12 Nov 2026)
- [KRA sets 30 November deadline for multinationals under Kenya’s 15% minimum top-up tax](https://asilibusara.com/kra-minimum-top-up-tax-15-percent-multinationals/): Large multinational groups must tell KRA whether they are covered by the 15% Minimum Top-Up Tax. The Regulations point to an earlier date, 17 November. (9 Nov 2026)
- [PAYE up to Ksh 32,333: what employers need to know](https://asilibusara.com/paye-zero-rate-ksh-32333-proposal/): A proposed 0% PAYE band up to Ksh 32,333 a month, with the Ksh 2,400 personal relief removed. It is not law yet, so payroll should not change until a Bill passes. (25 Oct 2026)
- [Tax Laws Amendment Act 2026: fuel VAT and KRA](https://asilibusara.com/tax-laws-amendment-act-2026-fuel-vat-excise-kra/): Signed on 16 October 2026: 8% VAT on fuel for another 90 days, new excise rates on tiles and sanitary ware, and a funding floor for KRA. (25 Oct 2026)
- [KRA raises FBT and deemed interest to 9% (Q4 2026)](https://asilibusara.com/kra-fringe-benefit-tax-deemed-interest-9-percent-q4-2026/): KRA has set the FBT market interest rate and the deemed interest rate at 9% for October to December 2026, up from 8%. What it means for employer loans and interest-free loans from non-residents. (25 Oct 2026)