Explore Economies in Kenya

This page shows summary Doing Business 2010 data for the selected cities in Kenya. The first table shows its rank among 11 Kenyan cities. The other tables summarize the key indicators for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, and enforcing contarcts, benchmarked against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Note: Doing Business uses data from Nairobi to calculate Kenya's country rankings.

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Kenya - Eldoret

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Ease of... Rank among 11 cities in Kenya Top city in Kenya
Doing Business8 Narok
Starting a Business 5 Nairobi
Dealing with Construction Permits 7 Narok
Registering Property 6 Mombasa
Enforcing Contracts 5 Garissa
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Starting a Business

The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
Indicator Eldoret Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 12 9.4 5.7
Time (days) 74 45.6 13.0
Cost (% of income per capita) 50.8 99.7 4.7
Min. capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 144.7 15.5

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Dealing with Construction Permits

Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.
Indicator Eldoret Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 11 17.3 15.1
Time (days) 117 260.5 157.0
Cost (% of income per capita) 168.7 1,955.6 56.1

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Registering Property

The ease with which businesses can secure rights to property is shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost involved in registering property.
Indicator Eldoret Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 8 6.7 4.7
Time (days) 37 80.7 25.0
Cost (% of property value) 4.3 9.9 4.6

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Enforcing Contracts

The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.
Indicator Eldoret Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 40 39.2 30.6
Time (days) 435 643.9 462.4
Cost (% of claim) 39.0 49.3 19.2

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