Company Registration in Kenya – The Kenyan government has streamlined the registration process. Whether you’re a Kenyan citizen or a foreign business owner looking to embark on registering a company in Kenya, the company registration process in Kenya is now online and takes between 5 and 7 working days to complete.
Requirements for company registration in Kenya |
Requirements to register a Company in Kenya | Company Registration requirements
in Kenya | Requirements for registration of a private limited Company in Kenya
Company Registration Procedure in Kenya
The procedure involves.
- Name
Search
- Execution
of Form CR1 Application for Limited company, unlimited company or company
limited by guarantee.
- Execution
of Form CR2 (Model memorandum for a company with share capital) and where
applicable Drafting of Memorandums and Articles of association
- Execution
of Form CR8 Notice of Address of Directors.
- Execution
of Form CR14 Reservation of Company Name.
- Statement
of Nominal Capital Form
Once all the forms are processed, Signed, and resubmitted,
the application is ready for Registration.
Requirements for registration of a limited company in
Kenya.
- Proposed
company name /s for search – 3 names in order of priority.
- Objectives
of the company
- Names
of the shareholders/directors in full
- Postal
Addresses of the directors
- Division
of shares between the shareholders. Nominal capital is divisible by the
value of the shares to determine the number of shares available for
allotment.
- Proposes
physical address of the company in Kenya. (road, plot no. town)
- Residential
Physical address of the Directors. That is – Estate/ village/ location,
house number/plot number/ road, town, county.
- Telephone
numbers of the Directors / Shareholder.
- Email
address of the directors / Shareholders.
- Email
address of the company. Different from director emails.
- Scan
of ID or Passport of the applicant.
- Passport
photos of shareholders/directors.
Upon submission, your company is registered and you are issued a certificate of Incorporation.