Registrar General

The division is responsible for:

• Safekeeping and maintenance of marriage records in Kenya.
• Licensing and Gazetting church ministers to perform marriages under the Marriage Act.
• Performing Civil marriages under the Marriage Act.
• Registering adoptions under the Children’s Act.
• Registrar of the College of Arms.

Functions and responsibilities:

1. Registration of Societies under the Societies Act.
2. Registration of building societies.
3. Registering of Books and Newspapers under the Books and Newspapers Act