How To Register A Business In Kenya Pdf
With a population of approximately 46 1 million kenya is one of the economic leaders in sub saharan africa.
How to register a business in kenya pdf. The body is in charge of all registrations of a business or a company in kenya. While filing these forms the officials confirm and certify that they have read and understood the. However the actual process of name searches and registration is via an. No organization will be allowed to operate as an ngo in kenya without a certificate of registration issued by the ngos co ordination board 5. Download your business registration certificate.
Cr 1 cr 2 cr 8 statement of nominal capital. Their primary role is to ensure that businesses and companies in kenya are issued will all necessary certificates. A sole proprietorship is a business registration under the business names act and is generally referred to as a bn registration business name. The kenyan government requires businesses to provide the official residential addresses of the director or directors including any directors who live outside of kenya. Once you log in select business registration service.
Through a single account a business will be able to access services such as business licenses permits and registrations offered by different government departments conviniently. Sometimes this might even take close to 21 days. Where there are more than two people involved in the registration of a bn. This is up from 61 last year. The world bank report doing business 2020 indicates kenya has improved five positions to 56 globally on attractiveness to investors the latest world bank ease of doing business has revealed.
What is the difference between a bn registration and a limited company registration. Here is the new process of registering a business in kenya. This portal enables individuals owning businesses to access government to business g2b services online. Business registration in kenya is an entity under the registrar of companies. Finally log into your ecitizen account follow prompts to save your certificate to your local disk.
Setting up your business in kenya issues to consider kenya s economy is market based with a few state owned infrastructure enterprises and maintains a liberalised external trade system. Log onto ecitizen your account. The solid and conducive. Once you are in the business registration service click on make application. Write out the company s directors addresses on form cr8.