How To Register A Business In Kenya Pdf
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How to register a business in kenya pdf. Where there are more than two people involved in the registration of a bn. However the actual process of name searches and registration is via an. Their primary role is to ensure that businesses and companies in kenya are issued will all necessary certificates. 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. A registered organization will be subject to all the laws of kenya 6.
With a population of approximately 46 1 million kenya is one of the economic leaders in sub saharan africa. A sole proprietorship is a business registration under the business names act and is generally referred to as a bn registration business name. Once you log in select business registration service. This portal enables individuals owning businesses to access government to business g2b services online. It is commonly referred to as a partnership.
The body is in charge of all registrations of a business or a company in kenya. Print out a copy of form cr8 and write in the name and business type of your company. Download your business registration certificate. What is the difference between a bn registration and a limited company registration. You should note that it takes around 1 week for kra to go through all your documents and accept your application.
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. This has been pegged on among among others automation of systems that have made starting business in kenya easy. Here is the new process of registering a business in kenya. The kenyan government requires businesses to provide the official residential addresses of the director or directors including any directors who live outside of kenya. For you to use the ecitizen platform you need to have registered on it which is a simple process.
Finally log into your ecitizen account follow prompts to save your certificate to your local disk. This is up from 61 last year. The solid and conducive. Once you are in the business registration service click on make application. Sometimes this might even take close to 21 days.