Wakili
Wakili — Swahili for lawyer — is a legal practice management platform built for Kenyan law firms. Matter tracking and time recording, trust accounting with maker/checker controls, court filing integration via eKejiji, KRA eTIMS billing compliance, AI-powered legal research against Kenya Law, and KYC/AML screening — in one system.
Key Features
The full stack of a Kenyan law firm — from new-matter intake to CBK/LSK compliance — in a single event-sourced platform.
Matter & Case Management
Full matter lifecycle with time recording, document management, and milestone tracking across 168+ routes. Conflict-of-interest checks at new-matter intake. Budgets, outcomes, and WIP reporting. Partner and client relationship management with CPD tracking for LSK compliance.
Trust Accounting
Trust ledger, entries, register, bank reconciliation, and aged-AR reporting with maker/checker approval controls. Disbursements, P&L, VAT, and FX reconciliation. Designed to meet LSK Trust Accounting Rules requirements — every movement immutably recorded.
Court Filings (eKejiji)
Integrated court filing via eKejiji: filing bundles, court fee payment, and filing status tracking. Judiciary-gateway service routes filing submissions to the correct court registry. Case cause-list monitoring and hearing date alerts so no hearing is missed.
Billing & KRA eTIMS
Practice invoicing with disbursement tracking and VAT calculation. Direct eTIMS submission for VAT-registered firms — invoices are sent to KRA at the point of issue, not end of month. Aged-debtor reports and automated billing reminders.
Legal Research (cite-sentry + legal-quest)
AI-powered legal research via legal-quest with citation validation by cite-sentry against Kenya Law, EACJ, and ECHR databases. Statutes and case law surfaced in-matter context. news-hound monitors regulatory updates and case law developments relevant to active matters.
KYC/AML & Risk
Client KYC screening at onboarding and ongoing AML monitoring via risk-nav. Conflict-of-interest checks on every new matter — party names screened against all active matters. IP protection tracking module for firms with IP-heavy client portfolios. Sanctions list integration.
Technical Specifications
Services
- 13+ domain microservices (Python/FastAPI)
- practice · trust · filings · billing · risk-nav
- cite-sentry · legal-quest · news-hound
- contracts · ip-shield · law-academy
Portals
- Officer dashboard (Next.js)
- Client portal (Next.js)
- Mobile-responsive PWA
- SpiceDB Zanzibar-model RBAC
Payments
- M-Pesa (C2B, B2C)
- Airtel Money
- Flutterwave
- Bank transfer (EFT/RTGS)
Compliance
- Kenya Data Protection Act 2019
- LSK Trust Accounting Rules
- KRA eTIMS (VAT invoice submission)
- LSK CPD tracking
Built for Kenyan legal practice
eKejiji filings, Kenya Law citations, KRA eTIMS, LSK trust rules — Wakili is built for the Kenyan legal market, not adapted from a foreign system. Contact us to arrange a practice demo.