Register a cultural group, artist, association or traditional herbalist with the Department of Culture
State Department for Culture, the Arts and Heritage · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Apply and pay on the Culture and Heritage eCitizen portal with a filled application form, your group's constitution, minutes and officials' photos. Kenyan citizens pay KSh 570 and renew yearly for KSh 270; it takes about 5 days.
- Fee
- KSh 570Registration, culture and arts group (citizen)KSh 270Annual renewal (citizen)KSh 650Replacement of certificate (citizen)KSh 5,050Registration, culture and arts group (non-citizen)KSh 2,050Annual renewal (non-citizen)
- How long
- About 5 days
- Where
- Online on eCitizen (Culture and Heritage portal)
What you need
- Filled application form
- Copy of the group's constitution, minutes and passport-size photos of officials
- Traditional medicine practitioners (herbalists): a drug samples certificate from a recognised research institution
- Non-citizens: also a work permit and certificate of incorporation
Steps
- Prepare the filled application form, your constitution, minutes and officials' passport photos (plus the drug samples certificate if you are a herbalist).
- Log in to eCitizen and apply on the Culture and Heritage portal (cultureheritage.ecitizen.go.ke), upload your documents and pay.
- Renew the registration every year (KSh 270 for citizens).
Watch out
- Herbalists must first get their medicine samples certified by a recognised research institution, so start that early.
- Registration has to be renewed every year; a lost certificate costs KSh 650 to replace.
Who can apply
- Cultural groups, individual artists and practitioners, associations and agencies. Non-citizens can register too, at a higher fee.
Official sources (3)
- Citizens' Service Delivery Charter 2026 cultureheritage.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- FAQs migecah.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- State Department for Culture and Heritage - eCitizen cultureheritage.ecitizen.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026