Renew your estate agent annual practising certificate (EARB)
Estate Agents Registration Board · sources read 3 Oct 2026
Sign in to the EARB members portal (or use its Express Payment page) and pay the KSh 7,000 annual practising certificate fee. You must renew in every year you practise; firms pay KSh 10,000 a year.
- Fee
- KSh 7,000Annual practising certificate (individual agent)KSh 10,000Estate agency firm annual renewal
- Where
- Online on the EARB members portal (members.estateagentsboard.or.ke). EARB office: Prism Towers, 17th Floor, 3rd Ngong Avenue, Upper Hill, Nairobi.
Steps
- Go to members.estateagentsboard.or.ke and sign in with your phone, email or member number. First time? Enter your email or phone to activate your account.
- Choose 'Renew Now', or use the Express Payment page to renew without logging in. Select 'Membership'.
- Pay through eCitizen on the portal, or at KCB (paybill 522522, account 1104163829).
Watch out
- EARB publishes in the Kenya Gazette only the agents who have renewed. If you have not renewed, your name is left out and clients may doubt you.
- Practising as an estate agent without registration is an offence: a fine of up to KSh 20,000, up to two years in jail, or both.
Who can apply
- Estate agents already registered with EARB, every year they practise
Official sources (6)
- Kenya Gazette Vol. CXXVIII No. 56 (27 March 2026), Gazette Notice No. 4432 estateagentsboard.or.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- Public Notice: Consumers Of Estate Agents' Services estateagentsboard.or.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- Estate Agents Act (Cap. 533) new.kenyalaw.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- EARB Membership Portal - Sign In members.estateagentsboard.or.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- EARB Express Payment members.estateagentsboard.or.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- EARB Membership Application guide members.estateagentsboard.or.ke · read 3 Oct 2026