Updated 12 November 2026
The official way to check a CMA REIT manager in Kenya is to search the Capital Markets Authority’s public licensees register, not a project brochure or a social-media page. The Authority’s register, headed “LICENSEES/ MARKET PLAYERS” and still served on 12 November 2026 at licensees.cma.or.ke, has a separate “REIT MANAGERS” category at licensees.cma.or.ke/licenses/11/. That category page, checked the same day, is a table with four official columns: Name, Address, License Number and Website.
On a count of that official REIT MANAGERS table on 12 November 2026, there were 14 printed name-and-licence-number rows, covering 14 unique names and 14 unique licence numbers. This guide does not paste the names. Search the exact name and licence number. A later official register would supersede that count. A CMA-licensed fund manager, a REIT trustee, an authorised REIT itself or a property developer is not a CMA REIT manager in Kenya merely because it appears in a different official category, or on a site board.
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What a CMA REIT-manager licence is
The Capital Markets Authority is the official publisher of this register. The homepage, checked on 12 November 2026, lists REIT managers as one category among the Authority’s licensees and market players, alongside REIT trustees, authorised real estate investment trusts, fund managers and several other distinct headings. A firm can hold more than one type of CMA licence. Each category has to be checked on its own page.
This REIT-managers table is not the list of authorised REITs, and it is not the fund-managers category used for many unit trusts and money market funds. Some groups appear in more than one official list. If you are being asked to invest in a REIT, check the manager named in the offer document on this REIT MANAGERS table, and check the REIT itself under the authorised-REITs heading.
How to search for a CMA REIT manager in Kenya
To check a CMA REIT manager in Kenya, ask for the firm’s exact licensed name and its CMA licence number, then open the official REIT MANAGERS category rather than a general web search.
On licensees.cma.or.ke/licenses/11/, the page provides a search box whose official placeholder, checked on 12 November 2026, is “Search by name or license number.” A GET search on that page returns the matching official row, with the same four columns as the full table. Use that search when you already have a name or a number. If you are browsing the whole category, the 12 November 2026 table loaded as a single page, so this guide does not invent a later page of names.
The register homepage search is narrower. Its official placeholder is “Search by category name.” A search there looks up the category headings, such as “REIT MANAGERS,” not an individual firm. Do not treat a blank homepage search for a company name as proof that the firm is unlicensed. Open the REIT MANAGERS category and search there.
Match the licensed name and the licence number to the offer document you were given. The official table identifies a name and a number; it does not, by itself, prove that a particular REIT is still managed by that firm, or that a project is an authorised REIT.
What the November 2026 count includes, and what it omits
The count below is from the official REIT MANAGERS table as served on 12 November 2026, not from a media republication and not from a Business Radar tool. It is the current official snapshot of a CMA REIT manager in Kenya on that category page. This guide does not paste the names, addresses, licence numbers or websites.
There were 14 printed name-and-licence-number rows, covering 14 unique names and 14 unique licence numbers. The printed licence numbers on the page are not a continuous series; unused numbers are not a second official list. Unlike some other CMA categories counted the same day, this table had no repeated licence number and no blank licence-number cell.
The table does not print a licence-issue date, an expiry date or a status badge such as “active” or “suspended.” It also does not list the REITs each firm manages, the net asset value of those REITs, or the fees charged. Those questions sit outside this headcount.
How this sits with a REIT product check
Checking a CMA REIT manager in Kenya is one step in a REIT due-diligence file, not the whole product check. For how REITs in Kenya work, including minimums and the checks an investor should make, use the published REITs in Kenya guide. Auction or distribution news, such as the published note on an ALP Industrial REIT dividend, is also a separate record from this licence table.
Use those pages for the product and the numbers. Use the official REIT MANAGERS table for the name and licence number of the CMA REIT manager printed on your documents. Also check the official REIT TRUSTEES category for the trustee named in the same document.
What to do if the name is missing
If the name or licence number you were given does not appear in the REIT MANAGERS category, check that you used the licensed company name, not only a project or parent-brand, and that you searched the REIT-managers page rather than the homepage category search. Then check whether the firm is instead listed as a fund manager, a REIT trustee or under authorised REITs. Those are different official headings.
If it still does not appear, treat the official table as the current public list and ask the firm to show its CMA licence details in writing. The register answers a narrow question: is this name among the 14 official REIT MANAGERS rows counted on 12 November 2026, and what licence number is printed beside it? It does not, on its own, approve a unit purchase or a distribution.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the official CMA REIT-manager list?
On the Capital Markets Authority licensees register. The REIT MANAGERS category, checked on 12 November 2026, is at licensees.cma.or.ke/licenses/11/. The register homepage at licensees.cma.or.ke lists that category among the Authority’s other licensees and market players.
How many CMA REIT managers are on the register?
On a count of the official REIT MANAGERS table on 12 November 2026, there were 14 printed name-and-licence-number rows, covering 14 unique names and 14 unique licence numbers. That is the current official snapshot of a CMA REIT manager in Kenya on that page, not a later total.
Is a REIT manager the same as a fund manager?
Not on the official headings. A CMA REIT manager in Kenya appears in the REIT MANAGERS category. Fund managers appear in a separate category on the same official register. A group can hold both licences; check the name and the category that match the role printed on your documents.
What if the firm is not on the REIT-managers page?
Search the exact licensed name and licence number on the REIT MANAGERS category page, not only the homepage category search. If it still does not appear, check whether it is listed under a different official heading, and ask the firm for its current official licence details. A later official register would supersede the 12 November 2026 count.
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