Register as a pharmacist or enrol as a pharmaceutical technologist, and renew your annual practice licence
Pharmacy and Poisons Board · sources read 2 Oct 2026
After passing the PPB exams, apply to the PPB Registrar to be registered (pharmacists) or enrolled (pharmaceutical technologists). Then renew your practice licence every year on practice.pharmacyboardkenya.org: it runs from 1 January to 31 December.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Deadline
- Your practice licence expires on 31 December every year
- Deadline
- Apply to renew at least 30 days before it expires
- Where
- Online on the PPB practice portal (practice.pharmacyboardkenya.org); PPB offices, Lenana Road, Nairobi
What you need
- Your PPB registration or enrolment number and portal password
Steps
- Sit and pass the PPB pre-registration or pre-enrolment exams.
- Apply to the PPB Registrar in the prescribed form to be entered in the register of pharmacists or the roll of pharmaceutical technologists, and pay the fee.
- Every year, log in to practice.pharmacyboardkenya.org with your registration or enrolment number and password.
- Click Renewal, then New renewal application, and pick the premise you work at from the drop-down list.
- Choose NO for superintendent (unless you run the premise), submit, pay, download the receipt and wait for PPB's review.
Watch out
- Your renewal can't be approved until the superintendent of your premise has applied and the premise licence is approved.
- You need CPD done in the previous year to get the licence.
- If you renew late you pay an extra late application fee, so renew before 31 December.
Who can apply
- Pharmacists: at least a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree (Kenyan or foreign) that PPB accepts
- Pharmaceutical technologists: a diploma in pharmacy from a college PPB recognises
- Part-time or distance B.Pharm degrees are not recognised
Official sources (4)
- Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap. 244) web.pharmacyboardkenya.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Pharmacy Practice Procedures web.pharmacyboardkenya.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Students: Registration and Enrollment ppb.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- PPB Online Services Portal practice.pharmacyboardkenya.org · read 2 Oct 2026