Register a sports club or sports organisation with the Sports Registrar
Office of the Sports Registrar · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Fill Form A and send it to the Office of the Sports Registrar (State Department for Sports, Talanta Plaza, Upper Hill) with your constitution, strategic plan, member register and officials' clearances, then pay the fee: KSh 1,000 for a club affiliated to a national or county association, KSh 10,000 for a national or county association, KSh 50,000 for a private club. The Registrar has up to 90 days to decide.
- Fee
- KSh 1,000Club affiliated to a national sports organisation or county sports associationKSh 10,000County sports associationKSh 10,000National sports organisationKSh 50,000Private sports clubKSh 50,000Multi-sport organisationKSh 1,000Filing returns / change of particulars
- How long
- Up to 90 days
- Where
- Office of the Sports Registrar, State Department for Sports, Talanta Plaza, Upper Hill, Nairobi (P.O. Box 49849-00100; 020-2251164)
What you need
- Application in Form A
- A short, medium and long-term strategic plan
- An up-to-date register of affiliates, clubs, officials and athletes
- Certified compliance certificates: KRA PIN, NSSF and VAT certificate
- Clearance certificates for the Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer from DCI, EACC, KRA, CRB and HELB
- Audited accounts and activity reports for the previous financial year
- ID documents of the officials applying
Steps
- Fill the application in Form A and gather your constitution, strategic plan, member register, compliance certificates, officials' clearances, audited accounts and IDs.
- Submit the application to the Office of the Sports Registrar at the State Department for Sports, Talanta Plaza, Upper Hill, Nairobi, and pay the registration fee for your category.
- The Registrar either issues a certificate of registration (Form B) within 90 days, possibly with conditions, or rejects the application with reasons.
- Once registered, hold elections within 90 days and send the Registrar the change of particulars within 30 days.
Watch out
- A national governing body must show branch offices in at least 24 counties, or build up to that within three years.
- If you're rejected, you have 21 days to ask the Registrar for arbitration or mediation, or you can appeal to the Tribunal.
- Registration isn't the end: you must hold elections within 90 days of registration.
Who can apply
- A sports organisation applying to be registered as a sports club, a county sports association or a national sports association.
Official sources (3)
- The Sports Registrar Regulations, 2016 (L.N. 158 of 2016) new.kenyalaw.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Registrar of Sports sports.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Sports Registrar's services that are chargeable (Second Schedule fees) sports.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026