This is a guide on How to Obtain a Permit for Expanding an Existing Industry in Kenya. To do that one Must be owning an industry and it is in operation to be eligible for expanding the Existing industry permit.
Many companies are started daily in Kenya, and many of them operate without a permit. It may be taken that obtaining a business permit before entering into a venture should be common sense, but many people do not know that they require one. Some may think that their company is too small to require a permit, or the location does not warrant one, but that is just one of the many ways to get into trouble with the government. Getting a business permit Kenya is a simple process, let us learn How to Obtain a Permit for Expanding an Existing Industry in Kenya?
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Procedure
- Start by Filling up the application form.
- Submit the application form along with all the required documents.
- After examining the documents submitted to it and ascertaining that it is satisfactory, the appropriate authority shall issue to the applicant the expansion or upgrading permit.
- Where the appropriate authority rejects the application submitted to it pursuant to sub Article (1) of this Article it shall notify the applicant in writing of the reasons of rejection.
- A business person who has completed the expansion or the upgrading, before starting manufacturing or production or dispensing service, may apply to the appropriate authority by attaching the necessary documents, to obtain a business license to manufacture goods or produce agricultural products or to dispense services.
- Where the appropriate authority ascertains that the expansion or upgrading is capable of manufacturing goods or producing agricultural products or dispensing services, should, issue business license to the applicant upon submission of documents specified under Article 32 of this Proclamation and by the payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in the regulation.
- Once your application is approved you will received a Registration Certificate and Registration Notice.
Required Documents
- commercial registration certificate,
- Business license previously issued and
- Passport size photographs taken within six months time. .
Office Locations & Contacts
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Old Treasury Building, Harambee Avenue
P.O Box 30551 00100 G.P.O
NAIROBI, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 318888
Email: info@mfa.go.ke
Website: http://www.mfa.go.keThe National Treasury, Treasury Building
Harambee Avenue,Nairobi
P. O. Box 30007 Kenya
E-mail: ps@treasury.go.ke
Telephone: Tel. +254 020 2252299
Fax: Fax: +254 020.
http://www.treasury.go.keNational Construction Authority.
Physical Address : 1st Floor Hill Plaza,
Ngong Road, Community Area, Nairobi.
Direct Line : +254700021222/0701913 140/0701913723
Email : info@nca.go.ke
Postal Address : P.O. Box 21046-00100,
Nairobi
Eligibility
Must be owning an industry and it is in operation to be eligible for expanding the Existing industry permit.
Validity
Valid until the completion of the expansion or the upgrading,
Processing Time
Processing takes 21 days
Instructions
The permit to be issued pursuant to sub Article 1, shall serve only until the completion of the expansion or the upgrading and it shall not be used for manufacturing or production and marketing or for dispensing services.
Required Information
- Full name of Applicant
- Registered/Residential Address of the Applicant
- Date of Birth
- Place of Birth
- Nationality of the Applicant
- Occupation/Business
- Description and Location of Property
- Condition of Property
- Name, Address and Nationality of vendor
Need for the Document
Any person desiring to produce goods or dispense service by expanding or upgrading an existing industry, or agricultural development or a service business, may apply to the appropriate authority to obtain a permit by attaching the documents required for expanding an industry.
