Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja unveils Unified Business Permit

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has unveiled the electronic Unified Business Permit (UBP) to ease doing business and collection of revenue.

UBP combines the business, fire, food, health, and advertising licenses into one and will be accessed online via the county’s NairobiPay Revenue service.

Governor Sakaja termed the move as part of his campaign promises saying it will bolster service delivery and streamline the process of acquiring permits by entrepreneurs.

"We continue to make Nairobi Work, and I am glad that the UBP has now been activated as part of a deliberate effort to improve the ease of doing business parameters in this city. This electronic solution eliminates the issuance of multiple business permits in various service points, which has also been a key revenue leakage risk," he said. 

Sakaja underscored that UBP would be instrumental in revenue collection and thus would help the county meet its Ksh.20 billion target.

"With the activation of the UBP issuance on the NairobiPay portal, the county government is now on course to generate and reach its target of Ksh.20 billion in Own Source Revenues to fund development projects in the city," the Governor said.

He further extended the land rates waiver until January 31, 2024 allowing customers to pay for their land rates using the NairobiPay portal.