Register as a firearms dealer or register a shooting range
Firearms Licensing Board · sources read 3 Oct 2026
Apply to the Firearms Licensing Board to be entered in the register of firearms dealers, pay the prescribed fee and get a certificate of registration, which you renew by 1 January every year. Shooting ranges are also registered and supervised by the Board.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Deadline
- Renew every year on or before 1 January: hand in your old certificate, apply for a new one and pay the fee.
- Where
- Firearms Licensing Board, Migwani Road, Nairobi (the Board's online services are on eCitizen)
Steps
- Apply to the Firearms Licensing Board to be registered as a firearms dealer, giving the particulars it asks for.
- Pay the registration fee set by the Board.
- Once registered, you get a certificate of registration as a firearms dealer.
- For a shooting range, register it with the Board, which also supervises and controls ranges.
Watch out
- If you miss renewal, the Board sends a notice. Fail to act within 21 days and your name is removed from the register.
- Giving false information to get registered is a crime: up to 1 year in jail, a fine of up to KSh 10,000, or both.
Who can apply
- You can't be registered if a court has barred you from being a firearms dealer.
- The Board can refuse you if your business would be a danger to public safety or peace.
Official sources (2)
- Firearms Act (Cap. 114) new.kenyalaw.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Firearms Licensing Board - eCitizen firearms.ecitizen.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026