Information kept by the Companies and the Business Names Registry is open to the public. Any member of the public can peruse any record upon payment of a search fee of  K20,000. A Search Request Form must be filled in and submitted to PACRO.  After payment is made, a computer printout is issued  containing the following details:-

1.    Company or Business Name
2.    Date of incorporation or registration(for Buness Names)
3.    Registered office
4.    Postal address
5.    Nominal Capital and number of shares
6.    Type of the Company
7.    Financial year for a Company or Business Name
8.    Details of directors, partners or sole proprietors - these include their full names, nationality, National Registration or Passport Number and their residential addresses.
9.    Details of shareholder and the number of shares held in a company

If a client is not satisfied with the details on the computer printout, a physical file for a company or business name is made available to the client.

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