Special Licences & The Providers

These are specialized requirements that the government of Kenya has laid down for * selected business to meet before being granted the go-ahead to trade or manufacture.

1. PRECIOUS METALS TRADING

Requirements

  • License to trade in unwrought precious metal
  • Diamond dealers license

Provider:

  • Ministry of trade, industrialization, trade & enterprise development.

Website: www.industrialization.go.ke

2. FILMS MAKING

Requirements

  • Filming Licence
  • Authorization to make a film in a National Park

Provider:

  • Kenya Film Commission
  • Ministry of Information & Telecommunications

Website: https://kenyafilmcommission.go.ke

3. SLAUGHTER HOUSE

Requirements

  • Licence to operate a slaughterhouse
  • The licence under the Kenya meat commission act
  • Licence to slaughter pigs
  • Licence to keep pigs

Provider:

  • Department of veterinary services (Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries Development)

Website: https://kilimo.go.ke,

4. EXPORT OF MEAT

Requirements

  • License under Kenya Meat Commission Act
  • Certificate of health

Provider:

  • Department of veterinary services (Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries Department)

Website: https://kilimo.go.kewww.infotradekenya.go.ke

5. PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS TRADING

Requirements:

  • License for premise

Provider:

  • Pest Control Board (PCB)

Website: www.pcpd.go.ke

6. HIDES & SKIN /LEATHER EXPORT BUSINESS

Requirements

  • Buyers Licence
  • Exporter/ Importer Licence
  • Registration Certificate for the premises under the Hides, Skin & Leather trade act

Provider

  • Department of veterinary services (Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries Development)

Website: https://kilimo.go.kewww.infotradekenya.go.ke

7. BACON FACTORY

Requirements

  • A licence under pig industry
  • Licence to slaughter pigs
  • Licence to keep pigs

 

Provider

  • Department of veterinary services (Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries Development)

Website: https://kilimo.go.ke

8. SUGAR MILLING BUSINESS

Requirements

  • Sugar Jiggery Mill Licence

Provider

  • Ministry of Agriculture

Website: https://kilimo.go.ke

9. COFFEE BUYING, SELLING, MILLING, WAREHOUSING OR EXPORTING

Requirements:

  • Coffee trading license

Provider

  • Ministry of Agriculture

Website: https://kilimo.go.kewww.infotradekenya.go.ke

10. DAIRY

Requirements

  • Registration under the dairy industry Act
  • Dairy Manager Licence
  • Registration of Premise as a dairy
  • Milk Purveyor Licence

Provider

  • Dairy Board of Kenya
  • Department of Veterinary Services

Website:  www.kdb.go.ke

11. SCRAP METAL BUSINESS

Requirements.

  • License under scrap metal act

Provider:

  • Ministry of trade, industrialization, trade, and enterprise development.

Website: www.industrialization.go.ke  

12. FISH PROCESSING & EXPORT BUSINESS

Requirements

  • Processing Licence
  • Certificate of compliance
  • Export Permit
  • Health Certificate

Provider:

  • Department of Fishers
  • KEBS ( Kenya Bureau of Standards)

Website: https://kilimo.go.kewww.infotradekenya.go.ke

13. GRAINS MILLING

Requirements

  • Millers Licence

Provider

  • National Cereals & Produce Board

Website: www.ncpd.co.ke

14. ALL EXPORT BUSINESS

Requirements

  • Exporters code number
  • Exporters licence

Provider

  • Department of Custom & Excise

Website: www.kra.go.ke , www.infotradekenya.go.ke

15. IMPORT BUSINESS

Requirements

  • Import Licences

Provider

  • Department of External Trade (Ministry of Trade & Industry)

Website: www.industrialization.go.ke   www.infrotradekenya.go.ke

16. PLANT & PLANT PRODUCT IMPORT/ EXPORT

Requirements

  • Plant Import Permit
  • Plant Export Permit
  • Phytosanitary certificate

Provider:

  • KEPHIS

Website:  www.kephis.org    www.infotradekenya.go.ke

17. • Drugs & Pharmaceutical Imports
• Buying & selling of pharmaceutical products

Requirements

  • Registration of premises
  • Drugs & pharmaceuticals import permit

Provider

  • Pharmacy and poisons board

Website:  www.pharmacyboardkenya.orgwww.infotradekenya.go.ke

18. HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS EXPORT BUSINESS

Requirements

  • Export permit
  • Compliance certificate

 

Provider:

  • Horticultural crops development authority (HCDA)

Website: https://kilimo.go.kewww.infotradekenya.go.ke

19. LIVE ANIMALS EXPORT BUSINESS

 

Requirements:

  • Health Clearance Certificate

Provider:

  • Department of Veterinary Services

Website: https://kilimo.go.ke