Submit your annual environmental audit (EA) to NEMA
National Environment Management Authority · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Submit your annual environmental audit report to NEMA online by 31 December each year. Your first (initial) audit must be done by a NEMA-licensed expert; after that you may do self audits, and NEMA charges no lodgement fee.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- How long
- Acknowledged within a week; reviewed and feedback within three months
- Deadline
- Annual audit report due by 31 December
- Where
- Online through NEMA (licensing portal at licensing.nema.go.ke)
What you need
- Initial audit report prepared by a NEMA-authorised environmental expert (first audit)
- Later years: your annual audit report (a self audit is allowed)
Steps
- For your first audit, hire a NEMA-authorised environmental expert to carry out the initial audit.
- In the following years you may do a self audit, as long as the information is accurate.
- Submit the annual audit report to NEMA online before 31 December. There is no lodgement fee.
- NEMA reviews the report and may issue improvement orders. Carry them out before your next audit.
Watch out
- NEMA checks whether you carried out earlier improvement orders, so fix those first.
- If you do a self audit, the information must be accurate.
Who can apply
- Businesses and other listed facilities that NEMA regulates.
- Projects and facilities that existed before EMCA 1999: an initial audit, then annual audits.
Official sources (4)
- NEMA Customer Service Delivery Charter 2025-2027 nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Environmental Auditing nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- FAQs on Licenses and Permits nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- NEMA Licensing licensing.nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026