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  1. EXPORT
  2. Commodities
  3. Meat & meat products
  4. Preliminary registrations, licences & certificates
  5. Register an export slaughterhouse
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Summary of the procedure
All meat and meat products for export must be sourced from a registered slaughterhouse. For more information on the approved export slaughterhouses in Kenya, click here. 

Institutions/Systems involved 4 expand_more expand_less

Nairobi City County eDevelopment Permit System (x 3)
1 2 4
Nairobi County City Hall (x 5)
3 5 6 7 8
Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) (x 10)
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19
Mobile Money Platform
18

Results 1 expand_more expand_less

Export slaughterhouse licence
19

Required Documents expand_more expand_less

Individual PIN certficate
1
Identity card
1
Architectural board registration number
1
Disclaimer form
2
Slaughterhouse architectural drawings (x 3)
2 5 7
Survey plan
2
Land rates clearance receipt
2
Proof of land ownership (x 2)
2 9
Construction permit invoice
3
Notification of approval of architectural plans
5
Export slaughterhouse construction application form
9
Project proposal
9
Environmental impact assessment licence
12
Technical designs
12
NEMA approval
12
DVS payment receipt
19

Estimated cost KES  246,200

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  • KES Add Name Here
KES 30,000
For site construction board.
KES 211,200
For construction fees for a four story office block measuring 200 meters squared per floor - estimate.
KES 5,000
For export slaughterhouse licence.

Total Duration 24d - 123d  expand_more expand_less

  Min. Max.
Total time (sum): 24d 123d
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum): 20mn 1h. 50mn
Attention at counter: 1h. 15mn 6d
Waiting time until next step (sum): 24d 117d

Laws 8 expand_more expand_less

Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act
  Sections 7, 8, 9
Building Code Building Code
  Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Guidelines of fees and charges Guidelines of fees and charges
Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Regulations, 2010 Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Regulations, 2010
  Sections 3, 4
Meat Control (slauhgterhouse) regulations 1973 Meat Control (Slaughterhouse) Regulations 1973
  Section  4
Meat Control ACT Cap 356 Meat Control ACT Cap 356
  Sections 3, 3 (h), 5
Physical Planning Act (2019) Physical Planning Act (2019) 4th Schedule
  Sections 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, tions 30
Survey Act Survey Act
  Sections 30, 32, 33
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