KENYA · GUIDE 0875 · EDITION 4.7
Handmade greeting cards in Kenya: Registration and Activity Enquiry Checklist
Editorial update: 28 October 2026 · Business planning reference · Review scope
Describe the actual activity before asking about requirements
Prepare an activity-specific enquiry for handmade greeting cards. The checklist does not assert a licence package, fee, exemption or tax treatment.
This is a planning reference for handmade greeting cards. The order below is an invented teaching case. It is not a completed customer job, an operating approval or a prediction of demand or earnings.
The example offer and its boundary
Fictional stationery order: make twenty adult greeting cards with an original botanical paper collage and a buyer-approved short message. Finished closed size is A6, approximately 105 × 148 mm. Cut each base from A5 stock, approximately 148 × 210 mm, and score at 105 mm along the 210 mm dimension; match with twenty C6 envelopes, nominally 114 × 162 mm. Include one printed insert per card if the thick base cannot be printed by the chosen machine. No copyrighted illustration or customer contact list is reused without permission.
Information to include in your enquiry
| Fact to disclose | Starting information from this planning case |
|---|---|
| Offer and intended recipient | Original greeting cards with envelopes and neat finishing Buyer group: gift shops and personal buyers |
| Scope boundary | Original greeting cards with envelopes and neat finishing |
| Resource or product specification | Twelve A4 sheets of approved 250–300 gsm stock: ten sheets can yield twenty A5 bases, with two sheets for trials/reserve. |
| Responsible work and acceptance | Count accepted cards rather than printed sheets; remove misprints and any card whose fold or collage fails. |
| Location and premises | Enter the actual county, site, ownership/access arrangement and customer access |
| Scale and working arrangements | Enter actual quantities, staff, equipment, specialist tasks and proposed claims |
Questions to ask, with no assumed answers
- Which entity or business-registration route fits the actual ownership arrangement?
- Which county or activity authority should assess these premises and this scope?
- Which product, competence, testing, labelling or professional questions need a specialist answer?
- Which tax registration, filing, invoicing, accounting and payment questions apply to these facts?
- What written evidence, inspection conditions, renewal terms and current official fee references should be retained?
Questions this guide still leaves open
- Actual stock, printer compatibility, adhesive quantity and envelope fit are untested.
- No Kenyan price for a fully specified card pack or archival material claim is verified.
- Kenyan Artmall paper listing was found but its detail page returned a verification wall; pack-specific price could not be verified, so priceEvidence remains empty.
Keep the written response, date, official reference, exact facts supplied and any limits or conditions together. A general registration or a page in a planning pack must not be treated as approval of a specialist task, premises or product. Resolve an unanswered prerequisite before work that depends on it.
References and their limits
Cricut: Pearl Paper Cutting Instructions
Manufacturer stock-specific cutting reference; settings are not universal for other cardstock. Reference check recorded 2026-10-26.
CPSC: Art and Craft Safety Guide
Art-material hazard overview; not Kenyan product certification or proof that a selected material is suitable. Reference check recorded 2026-10-26.
Business Registration Service: entity routes — general registration enquiry route. KRA: tax compliance information — tax registration, filing, payment and record questions. These general reference routes were checked on 28 October 2026; no activity-specific permission, fee or tax determination is made here.
Recorded references support only the scope stated beside them. They do not prove current supplier stock, a local quotation, actual buyer demand, operator competence or the feasibility of this particular business. Later editorial changes do not refresh earlier source-check dates.
Prepared by Business Starter Guides using AI-assisted drafting and desk editorial checks. Independent operator trials and specialist certification are not claimed. See the editorial method for the review scope.
Editorial method and evidence limits