KENYA · GUIDE 0598 · EDITION 4.2
Website content migration in Kenya: Registration and Activity Checks
Define the activity that authorities need to assess
Move authorized website content with a URL mapping and rollback plan.
Migrate approved pages and assets using a source-to-destination inventory, preserving essential links, document access, content ownership, and agreed handling of obsolete material.
Describe that exact operation when checking requirements. State where the work takes place, whether customers enter the premises, who performs technical tasks and whether you manufacture, resell, deliver or coordinate the service. Requirements can change with these facts; a broad business category is not a complete permit determination.
Sector questions to investigate
- Assess data-controller/processor duties and registration requirements for systems handling personal data.
- Obtain written authority for access, backups, testing and changes.
- Use properly licensed software and assets; document responsibility for third-party renewals and processor contracts.
Keep registration separate from permission to operate
A registered business name does not itself establish approval of premises, products or professional work. Use the Business Registration Service to check the appropriate registration route. Ask the relevant county office which premises and trading checks apply to the actual activity. Confirm tax and invoicing obligations with KRA for your circumstances rather than copying another trader's treatment.
Prepare a written enquiry
| Information to provide | Business-specific starting point |
|---|---|
| Proposed output | Move authorized website content with a URL mapping and rollback plan. |
| Scope and exclusions | Migrate approved pages and assets using a source-to-destination inventory, preserving essential links, document access, content ownership, and agreed handling of obsolete material. |
| First operating step | Inventory approved pages, files and source rights, create backups and agree a URL mapping and rollback plan before starting the website move. |
| Quality and acceptance | Ask the owner to compare priority journeys before and after migration, checking images, downloads, internal links, forms, and content that should remain unpublished. |
Add the county, location, premises arrangement, scale, equipment and responsible person's qualifications. Ask which authority handles an issue if it falls outside the first office's remit. Record the answer, reference link, date checked and any renewal or inspection condition. A guide's reference list is a route to verification, not an approval document.
Decide what must wait
Do not offer a regulated service or make a safety, accreditation or certification claim that you cannot substantiate. Resolve an unanswered prerequisite before accepting work that depends on it. A demand interview can often precede trading; a paid or physical trial still needs the appropriate permissions and safe arrangements.
A migration looks complete while losing customer value when old links lead nowhere or downloadable forms disappear despite the main navigation appearing correct.
No universal licence package, current fee or exemption is asserted here. The official links below support only their stated scope.
Prepare a precise activity enquiry
Describe this actual operating scope to the relevant authority or competent adviser: Fictional migration MIG-98 moves ten public pages and twenty authorised images between two owner-controlled WordPress sites. Output is old→new URL map, content/image inventory, staged destination and redirect/test log. Customer accounts, orders, mailbox moves and redesign are excluded. A page disappearing from navigation is not permission to delete its original.
Use these operating details to make the enquiry specific:
| Detail to disclose | Why it can affect the answer |
|---|---|
| Migration inventory - Ten page/twenty image map. | Explain the actual premises, scale, use and who will perform the task. Ask which current rule applies to these facts. |
| Backup/staging tools - Recoverable copies and isolated destination. | Explain the actual premises, scale, use and who will perform the task. Ask which current rule applies to these facts. |
| Acceptance checklist - Old/new links and content comparisons. | Explain the actual premises, scale, use and who will perform the task. Ask which current rule applies to these facts. |
Keep the reply date, official source, exact activity facts and any conditions together. This is an enquiry preparation method, not a determination that a licence, exemption or fee applies. The earlier source dates do not mean legal requirements were rechecked today. Resolve these outstanding checks before relying on a broad business description:
- Actual sites, export compatibility and redirects unverified.
- No content or DNS moved.