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Transport of LPG in bulk licence
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Import, export and wholesale of LPG in bulk licence
Transport of LPG in cylinders licence
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Aircraft radio licence
Alcoholic drink licence Mombasa County
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Applications service provider licence
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Bank account facilitation (Online)
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Bunkering of petroleum products licence(Except LPG)
Busia Business permit
Business permit (online)
Business permit Kilifi
Certificate of meat transport
Certificate of workplace registration Online
Change of user
Citizen band radio licence
Class A (Mining and prospecting) work permit
Class A work permit
Class B (Agriculture and animal husbandry) work permit
Class B work permit
Class C (Prescribed professionals) work permit
Class C work permit
Class D (Employees) work permit
Class D work permit
Class F (Manufacturing) work permit
Class F work permit
Class G (Investor) work permit
Class G work permit
Class I (Missionaries) work permit
Commercial Bank Licence
Commercial broadcasting licence
Construction permit
Construction permit (Kilifi County)
Construction permit (Kisumu County)
Construction permit (Kwale County)
Construction permit (Laikipia County)
Construction permit (Meru County)
Construction permit (Mombasa)
Construction permit (Nairobi County)
Construction permit (Nyeri County)
Construction permit (Uasin Gishu County)
Construction permit Lamu county
Construction permit Makueni
Construction permit Nakuru
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Content service provider licence
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Crude storage depot construction permit
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Developer operator licence
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Electrical contractor licence
Electrical technician licence
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Electricity generation licence
Electricity generation, distribution and supply licence
Electronic communications service provider licence
Energy audit firm licence
Engineering consulting firm registration
EPZ Business Service Permit
EPZ commercial enterprise licence
EPZ manufacturing enterprise licence
EPZ service enterprise licence
Export and wholesale of Jet A-1 licence
Export and wholesale of LPG in bulk licence
Export and wholesale of petroleum products (except LPG) licence
Foreign banking representative office licence
Foreign director taxpayer facilitation (Online)
Foreign director taxpayer registration
Foreign individual PIN registration
Foreign national registration
Foreign trained doctors registration
Foreign trained specialist registration
Freehold land consent (Mombasa)
Fuel consumer site construction permit
Fuel retail site construction permit
Fuel storage depot construction permit
Gazettment of National Environment Management Authority study reports
Geological data
Health facility registration
Hides and skins dispatch note
Hotel licence
Immigration facilitation (Online)
Import , export and wholesale of fuel oil licence
Import, export and wholesale of bitumen
Import, export and wholesale of LPG in bulk licence
Import, export and wholesale of petroleum products (except LPG) licence
Insurance agent licensing
Insurance Claim Settling Agents Licence
Insurance Investigator Licence
Insurance Risk Manager Licence
Insurance Surveyors Licence
International gateway operator licence
Investment certificate (Online)
Investor registration
Investor registration (Online)
Kakamega business permit
Lamu business permit
Land caution (Meru)
Land consent (Freeholds) Kwale
Land consent (Freeholds) Meru
Land consent (Freeholds) Uasin Gishu
Land consent leaseholds (Kisumu)
Land rates
Land Rates
Land rates clearance certificate
Land Rates clearance certificate
Land rates clearance certificate (Kisumu)
Land rates clearance certificate (Kwale County)
Land Rates Payment - Laikipia County
Land rates payment (Kilifi)
Land Rates Payment (Kwale County)
Land rent clearance certificate
Land rent clearance certificate (online)
Land Rent payment (Online)
Land search (online)
Land survey plan
Licence to manufacture excisable goods
Lift registration
Liqour licence (Laikipia County)
Liqour licence (Nyeri county)
Liqour licence Kilifi county
Local animal movement permit
Local company PIN registration
Local company PIN registration (Foreigners)
Local individual PIN registration
Long term Insurance business (Life insurance)
Loss adjustors licence
LPG cylinders examination
LPG storage and filling facility construction permit
LPG storage depot construction permit
Makueni business permit
Maritime ship station licence
Meat transport permit
Milk bar licence
Milk dispenser licence
Milk movement permit
Milk processor licence
Milk producer licence
Mineral dealers (processing) licence
Mini dairy licence
Mining licence
Mining permit
Motor assessor licence
Nairobi business permit
Nakuru business permit
Network facilities provider licence
Network facility provider licence
Non Life insurance
NSSF employer registration
NSSF individual registration
Numbering resources
Nyandarua trade licence
Obtain an investment certificate
Obtain excise stamps
Official search (CR 12)
Online contractor registration
Online contractor registration
Outdoor advertisement approval
Outdoor advertising
Parking fees
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Pay for land rates online
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Pay land rates
Pay land rates (Kisumu)
Pay land rates (Nyeri County)
Pay land rates (Uasin Gishu)( First time payment)
Pay land rates in Nakuru
Pay land rates in Nyandarua county
Pay land rates Meru
Pay land rates Mombasa
PAYE returns
Petrol service station construction permit
Petroleum jetty construction permit
Petroleum pipeline construction permit
Petroleum refinery construction permit
Petroleum storage licence (except LPG)
Petroleum transport licence
Petroleum transport licence (Railway)
Pig producer licence
Plant and equipment examination (Dosh)
Postal courier operators licence
Postal courier operators licence
Postal land search (Mombasa)
Project registration (Online)
Project registration for foreigners/ AfCFTA Partner States
Prospecting licence
Prospecting permit
Radio network licence and frequency assignment
Rates clearance certificate
Rates clearance certificate - Nakuru
Rates clearance certificate (Laikipia County)
Rates clearance certificate (Meru)
Rates clearance certificate (Mombasa County)
Rates clearance certificate (Nyeri County)
Rates clearance certificate Kilifi
Rates clearance certificate- Nyandarua
Rates clearance certificate Uasin Gishu
Reconnaisance licence
Reconnaissance permit
Register a branch of foreign company (General)
Register a business name
Register a limited liability partnership
Register a local company for citizens (General)
Register a local company for citizens (Kisumu)
Register a local company for citizens (Mombasa)
Register a local company for citizens (Nairobi)
Register a local company for foreigners (General)
Register a local company for foreigners (Kisumu)
Register a local company for foreigners (Mombasa)
Register a local company for foreigners (Nairobi)
Register a partnership
Registering a branch of a foreign company (Kisumu)
Registering a branch of a foreign company (Nairobi)
Registering a branch of a foreign company (online) Mombasa
Registering a hatchery
Registering a slaughter house
Registering a tannery or a banda
Reinsurance licence
Renew business permit online (Nairobi County)
Replacement of lost title (Kisumu)
Restaurant Licence
Retail of LPG in cylinders licence
Retail of petroleum products Licence (except LPG)
Retention licence
Sand harvesting/ transportation licence
Security bond
SHA employer registration
SHA individual registration
Single business permit
Single Business Permit
Single business permit (Kwale County)
Single business permit (Laikipia County)
Single business permit (Mombasa County)
Single business permit (Nyeri County)
Single Business permit (Uasin Gishu County)
Single business permit Lamu
Single business permit Makueni
Single business permit Meru
Single entry Visa
Slaughterman licence
Solar photovoltaic licence
Solar water heating licence
Special passes
Stamp duty payment (online)
Starting an insurance company (New Full procedure)
Stock brand registration
Storage and filling of LPG in bulk
Storage and filling of LPG in cylinders licence
Storage of crude oil licence
Student pass
Subdivision of land
Subdivision of land Meru County
Subdivision of land Uasin Gishu County
Survey maps
Tax and customs exemption facilitation (Online)
Tax compliance certificate
Telecom personnel licence
Telecommunication's contractor licence
Temporary professional engineer registration
Tour operator licence
Trade licence - Nyandarua
Trade licence (Kisumu County)
Transfer of land
Transfer of land (Kisumu county)
Transfer of land (Kwale County)
Transfer of land (Meru County)
Transfer of land (Mombasa County)
Transfer of land (Uasin Gishu County)
Transport of jet -A1 licence
Transport of LPG in bulk licence
Transport of LPG in cylinders licence
Turnover over tax
Type approval of ICT equipment
Unified trade permit Nakuru
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Veterinary health certificate
Wholesale of LPG in cylinders licence
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Guinea
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Honduras
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Iraq
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Japan
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Comoros
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Korea, North
Korea
Kuwait
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Laos
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Saint Lucia
Liechtenstein
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Liberia
Lesotho
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Luxembourg
Latvia
Libya
Morocco
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Madagascar
Marshall Islands
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Mali
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Norway
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Portugal
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United States
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Vatican City State (Holy See)
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Venezuela
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Vietnam
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Wallis And Futuna Islands
Samoa
Yemen
Mayotte
Yugoslavia
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Procedures
  1. Broadcasting licence
  2. Sectoral Permits
  3. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Contact us about this procedure
Context
This license grants the licensee permission to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes.
Summary of the procedure

Institutions/Systems involved1

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Communications Authority of Kenya (x 7)
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Results1

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Broadcasting licence
7

Required Documents12

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Application form for commercial broadcasting licence (x 2)
13
Cover letter
1
Affidavit - Commercial broadcasting licence
1
Certificate of incorporation (x 2)
13
List of shareholders and directors - CR 12 (x 2)
13
Tax compliance certificate
1
Business plan
1
Certificate from Capital Markets Authority
1
Identity card
1
Payment instruction form
2
Offer acceptance letter
5
Programming schedule
5

Cost KES 210,000

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  •   KES
  •   USD
KES 10,000
Application fees for broadcasting licences
KES 200,000
For Commercial free to air television (on DTT Platform) broadcasting licence

Total Duration1 day 1/2 - 165 days 1/2

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 Min.Max.
Total time (sum):1 day 1/2165 days 1/2
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum):30 mn1 h. 35 mn
Attention at counter:25 mn1 h.
Waiting time until next step (sum):8 h.1320 h.

Laws2

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Broadcasting services market structure and fee schedule 2018
The Kenya Information and Communications (Broadcasting) Regulations
The Kenya Information and Communications (Broadcasting) Regulations
Article II)
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