How to register a business in Kenya? Tips and methods outlined below.

Getting to start a business in Kenya is quite challenging. People have been dumped by brokers and made business registration as difficult task possible. 

How to register a business in Kenya is very simple.

Company

1. Fill company registration form CR1 (Download HERE).

2. Fill details of directors and shareholders and upload scanned copies of I.D. card/passport, KRA PIN certificate and recent coloured passport photograph. Directors/shareholders have to be registered on the iTax platform.

3. Fill shareholding details.

4. Fill a notification of directors’ residential address – Form CR8.

5. Fill the statement of nominal capital.

Kindly note that you can now register a company with one person as both the shareholder and director.

Registration takes a week and certificate will be available on the eCitizen platform for download.

Partnership and Sole proprietorship

1. Fill BN2 form

2. Upload ID card/passport, KRA PIN certificate and recent coloured passport photographs of sole proprietor or partners as the case might be.

Registration takes a week and certificate will be available on the eCitizen platform for download.

E. Costs

    Name search – Ksh. 150

    Company registration – Ksh. 10,650

    Partnership and Sole proprietorship – Ksh. 1,000

The principal types of business enterprises in Kenya are:

    Registered Companies (Private and Public)

    Branch offices of companies registered outside Kenya

    Partnerships

    Sole Proprietorships; and

    Societies

Get it to the respective areas where you can be assisted especially in the Huduma centres if the applicant is not a technologist. All this information can be found on the e-citizen website or Portal.