Register a self-help group or CBO
State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs · sources read 30 Sep 2026
Go to the social development office in your sub-county (or a Huduma Centre) with your group's minutes, members list, ID copies and constitution, and pay the fee: KSh 1,000 for a self-help group or KSh 5,000 for a CBO.
- Fee
- KSh 1,000Self-help group registrationKSh 5,000CBO registration
- Where
- In person at the social development office in your sub-county, or at a Huduma Centre
What you need
- Minutes of the meeting that agreed to register, showing the elected officials
- A signed list of all members with name, position, ID number and phone number
- Copies of all members' ID cards
- The group's constitution, attached to the application form
- For a CBO formed by several groups joining together: an MOU and the original certificates of the member groups
Steps
- Do a name search for your group at the sub-county social development office.
- Hold a meeting, elect officials and write minutes. Prepare the members list and the constitution.
- Hand in the application form with all attachments at the sub-county office or a Huduma Centre.
- Pay the registration fee (KSh 1,000 for a group, KSh 5,000 for a CBO) to get your certificate.
Watch out
- A self-help group must renew its certificate every year after the first two years, and send annual progress reports.
- A CBO must renew its certificate every year and send progress reports every quarter.
- Groups that don't renew or report can be deregistered.
Who can apply
- Self-help groups and community-based organisations (CBOs). Groups for refugees can also register.
Official sources (2)
- Services - Group Registration socialprotection.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Services DSD socialprotection.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026