Various company owners have been left with no firms to run following an order okaying the dissolution of 25 firms in the country.

According to a notice published in the Kenya Gazette dated Friday, June 20, 2025, and uploaded on the Kenya Law website on Saturday, June 21, 2025, the said companies have been struck out of the register of companies with immediate effect.

“PURSUANT to section 897 (4) of the Companies Act, it is notified for the information of the general public that the following companies are dissolved and their names have been struck off the Register of Companies with effect from the date of publication of this notice,” Hiram Gachugi, the Deputy Registrar of Companies, announced,

The dissolved firms specialise in different sectors, including agriculture, mobile accessories, energy, investment, and others in the hospitality sector, among others.

Company dissolution

Dissolution of a company refers to the formal and legal process of closing a company’s operations. In Kenya, the process of dissolution is governed by the Companies Act, 2015, and is carried out in a structured manner.

A company can be dissolved voluntarily by its shareholders, either through a members’ voluntary liquidation or creditors’ voluntary liquidation when the firm is insolvent.

It can also be wound up involuntarily when the Registrar of Companies dissolves the company for failing to comply with statutory requirements, such as failing to file annual returns or pay the prescribed fees.

30-day notice

In the latest notice, the Registrar of Companies gave a three-month notice to over 30 other firms to explain why they should not be struck off the roll.

The notice made it clear that failing to explain through a show cause letter would result in immediate dissolution.

“PURSUANT to section 897 (3) of the Companies Act, the Registrar of Companies gives notice that the names of the companies specified hereunder shall be struck off from the Register of Companies at the expiry of three months from the date of publication of this Notice, and invites any person to show cause why the companies should not be struck off from the Register of Companies.”