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Business Registration
Kenyan business registration and company compliance guidance: choosing between a business name, limited company, LLP, NGO or trust; incorporation documents and BRS and eCitizen filings; shareholders, directors and beneficial ownership; KRA PIN, NSSF, SHIF and county permits; annual returns; registering a foreign company or branch; changing directors or shares; and the company secretarial records that must be kept current. Each guide sets out what the registrar requires, the sequence of filings and the ongoing obligations that follow registration.
Starting a Company in Kenya
Before registering a Kenyan company, choose the right vehicle, owners, directors, share structure, articles, beneficial owners and first compliance tasks.
Read the noteBoard Minutes: Decisions and Conflicts
Kenyan board minutes checklist: record quorum, conflicts, resolutions, dissent and follow-up actions clearly and accurately.
Read the noteShareholder Deadlock in Kenya: First Steps
A Kenyan shareholder deadlock checklist: preserve records, check authority, maintain operations and choose a lawful route forward.
Read the noteRegistering a Company on eCitizen
Registering a company in Kenya no longer means queues and paper files. The process runs online through eCitizen and the Business Registration Service, and…
Read the noteKRA PIN, NSSF, SHIF and Permits
The certificate of incorporation arrives quickly. What new directors sometimes underestimate is the second register: the tax, social security, health insurance and county obligations…
Read the noteChanging Company Directors at Kenya’s BRS
A founder resigns, a new investor joins the board, and months later a bank declines the company's facility application because the CR12 on file…
Read the noteRegistering a Foreign Company in Kenya
An overseas company that has won Kenyan work does not need to build a new company from nothing. It can register itself in Kenya…
Read the noteDocuments for a Corporate Bank Account in Kenya
Banks ask for a substantial file before opening a corporate account, and the list is not arbitrary. It is driven by anti-money-laundering law, by…
Read the noteShareholding Structures and Director Duties
Two founders holding equal shares, a family with everyone on the register, or an investor with a preference class: the shareholding written at incorporation…
Read the noteCompany Incorporation Documents in Kenya
The registration form gets the attention, but the documents filed with it define the company for years afterwards. Four of them matter most when…
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