Doing Business in Kenya 2010

Subnational Data

Select a city Eldoret Garissa Isiolo Kilifi Kisumu Malaba Mombasa Nairobi Narok Nyeri Thika

Select a topic Starting a Business Dealing with Construction Permits Registering Property Enforcing Contracts

Author: Subnational Doing Business
Published: September 30, 2009 (640 KB PDF)

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Overview

Doing Business in Kenya 2010 compares business regulations across 11 Kenyan localities. The report focuses on local and national regulations that affect 4 stages in the life of a small or medium-size domestic enterprise: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, and enforcing contracts.

Doing Business in Kenya 2010, the first subnational report on the country, found that differences in local regulations and in the enforcement of national-level regulations can enhance or constrain local business activity. It also found that some localities already perform up to international standards. These findings suggest that localities in Kenya could learn from each other and adopt good practices that already work within the country.

Main Findings

• If a hypothetical city, "Kenyana," were to adopt the best practices already in place in Kenya’s 11 localities, it could rank 78th among the 183 economies measured in the global Doing Business report. That ranking is 17 positions better than Kenya’s 2010 global rank (represented by Nairobi).
• Narok, Malaba, and Thika led the overall ranking on the 4 indicators measured in the report. Isiolo, Nairobi, and Kilifi lag behind other localities.
• Resolving a commercial dispute was speedy in Malaba. The 11 months needed to enforce a contract in Malaba was less than the OECD average (15.5 months).