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LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
The steps below show the procedures for setting up a private company in Kenya under the COMPANIES ACT (Chapter 486 of the Laws of Kenya).
• Obtain approval to register the name of the company from the Registrar of Companies
• Obtain stamp duty on the Memorandum and Articles of Association and a Statement of the Nominal Capital at the Lands Office
• File a Declaration of Compliance with the Registrar of Companies as required under the Companies Act
• File Deed and details with the Registrar of Companies at the Attorney General’s Chambers
• Register with the Tax Department for a Personal Identification Number (PIN)
• Register with the VAT Office
• Apply for a business permit at the Municipal Council of Eldoret
• Apply for a trading / operational license
• Register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF)
• Register with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)
• Register for Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
• Buy a Company Seal, after a Certificate of Incorporation has been issued by the Registrar of Companies
SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION
Kenya Investment Authority
(Formerly Investment Promotion Centre, IPC)
Railway Headquarters, Block D, 3rd Floor
Haile Selassie Avenue
P O Box 55704 - 00200, Nairobi.
Tel: (254) 20 221401 - 4
Fax: (254) 20 243862
E-mail:
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Website: www.investmentkenya.com
PUBLIC SECTOR
The District Commissioner
Location: Furfural Road
P.O. Box 30, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2031421/2, 2063999
Attorney General Chambers
Location:District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 4024, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2027556
Judicial Department
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 141, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033094
Ministry of Agriculture
Location: District HQs, Furfural road
P.O. Box 96, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2063861
Ministry of Cooperative Development
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 84, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2022324
Ministry of Education
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 371, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2063342
Ministry of Finance
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 1526, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2031420
Ministry of Health
Location: District HQs, Furfural
P.O Box 3, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2062711
Ministry of Home Affairs
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 993, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2063319
Ministry of Industrial Development
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 4889, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2062759
Ministry of Information
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 516, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033795
Ministry of Labor
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 110, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033642
Ministry of Livestock Development
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 3936, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2061561
Ministry of Natural Resources
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 3948, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033642
Ministry of Planning and National Development
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 51, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2032161
Ministry of Public Works
Location: Furfural Road
P.O. Box 30, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2061700
Ministry of Social Services
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 429, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2060057
Ministry of Tourism
Location: KVDA Plaza
P.O. Box
Tel.:053-3286/ 62985
Ministry of Trade
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 448, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2032972
Ministry of Water
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 2264, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033201/3, 2032200
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Location: District HQs, Furfural Road
P.O. Box 6669, Eldoret
Tel.: 0202091703
OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Law Courts Eldoret
Iten road
P.O. Box 141, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033094
Kenya Revenue Authority
Uganda Road, Kiptagich House
P.O. Box 1254, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033668/ 2033072
National Hospital Insurance Fund
KVDA Building
P.O. Box 3091, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2030749
Fax: 053-2061400
E-mail:
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National Social Security Fund
Uganda Road, Kiptagich House
P.O. Box 1120, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-206334
Fax: 053-2061540
Agricultural Finance Corporation
Muliro Road
P.O. Box 827, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2033167/ 2061432
Fax: 053-2033167
E-mail:
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Kenya National Library Services
Iten Road
P.O. Box 82, Eldoret
Tel: 053-2033394
Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC)
KVDA and National Bank Building
P.O. Box
Tel.: 053-2033011/ 5
Fax: 053-2032859
Postal Corporation of Kenya (POSTA)
Uganda Road
P.O. Box 800, Eldoret
Tel.: 053-2062051
Fax: 053-2061349
E-mail:
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Web: www.posta.co.ke
Telkom Orange
Kenyatta Street
P.O. Box
Tel.: 053-2031772
Fax: 053-2061333
E-mail:
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GENERAL SERVICES
ABC Bank
Zul Arcade
Tel.: 053-2031152
Fax: 2062137
Bank of Baroda
Moi Street
Tel.: 053-2063341, 2063204
Fax: 2030812
Barclays Bank
Kenyatta Street
Tel.: 053-2032881-9
Fax: 2032890
Co-Opertive Bank
Co-operative Building, Ronald Ngala Street
Tel.: 053-2061167, 2062717
Fax: 2063663
ECO-Bank
Oginga Odinga Street
Tel.: 053-2062600/1
Fax: 2062602
Equity Bank
Tel.: 053-2060907/8
Fax: 2031777
Family Bank
Kenyatta Street
Tel.: 053-2031141-4
Fax: 203745
Fina Bank
Kago Street
Tel.: 053-2030922/21/24
Fax: 2030925
Imperial Bank Limited
Imperial Court Building, Waiganjo Street, Nairobi Road
Tel.: 053-2030494, 2030874
Fax:
Kenya Commercial Bank
Kenyatta Street
Tel.: 053-2062241/2
Fax: 053-2061259
Kenya Commercial Bank-Eldoret West Branch
Kiptagich House, Uganda Road
Tel.: 053-2062257/8, 2062287
Fax: 053-2061313
K-Rep Bank
Kirem Arcade, Ronald Ngala
Tel.: 053-20628835
Fax: 053-2030812
National Bank
Along Uganda Road
Tel.: 053-2062545/6/7
Fax: 053-2032387
Southern Credit
Simphi House, Oloo Street
Tel.: 053-2062622/481
Fax: 053-2063459
Standard Chartered Bank
Kenyatta Street
Tel.: 053-2063371/2/3
Fax: 053-2063033
Transnational Bank Limited
Hughes Building, Oginga Odinga Street
Tel.: 053-2031846, 2031284, 2031756
Fax:
Kenya National Chamber of Commerce
Wareng County Council Chambers, Uganda Road
Tel.: 053-2032972, 0202093381
Fax: 053-2062355
EMS Speed Post
Posta Kenya, along Uganda Road
Tel.: 053-2031314
Fax: 053-2032297
Wells Fargo
Elgeyo Marakwet
Tel.: 053-2060299, 0721118881
Fax:
G4S Courier Services
Uganda Road
Tel.: 053-2063729/46, 053-2032657
Fax:
Nation Courier
National Bank Building, Furfural Road
Tel.: 053-2063655
Fax:
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