Updated 12 November 2026
The official way to check a CMA REIT trustee in Kenya is to search the Capital Markets Authority’s public licensees register, not a REIT fact sheet or a product brochure alone. The Authority’s register, headed “LICENSEES/ MARKET PLAYERS” and still served on 12 November 2026 at licensees.cma.or.ke, has a separate “REIT TRUSTEES” category at licensees.cma.or.ke/licenses/13/. 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 TRUSTEES table on 12 November 2026, there were 6 printed name-and-licence-number rows, covering 6 unique names and 5 unique licence numbers. One licence number is printed against two similar company names. This guide does not paste the names. Search the exact name and licence number. A later official register would supersede that count. A CMA corporate trustee, a REIT manager, an authorised depository or an authorised REIT itself is not a CMA REIT trustee in Kenya merely because it appears in a different official category.
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What a CMA REIT-trustee licence is
The Capital Markets Authority is the official publisher of this register. The homepage, checked on 12 November 2026, lists REIT trustees as one category among the Authority’s licensees and market players, alongside REIT managers, authorised real estate investment trusts, corporate trustees 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-trustees table is not the list of authorised REITs, and it is not the corporate-trustees category used for many unit trusts. A bank or a trustee company can appear in more than one official list. If your offer document names a REIT trustee, use this REIT TRUSTEES table. If it names a corporate trustee for a collective investment scheme, open that separate official category.
How to search for a CMA REIT trustee in Kenya
To check a CMA REIT trustee in Kenya, ask for the firm’s exact licensed name and its CMA licence number, then open the official REIT TRUSTEES category rather than a general web search.
On licensees.cma.or.ke/licenses/13/, 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 TRUSTEES,” 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 TRUSTEES category and search there.
Match the licensed name and the licence number to the offer document or trustee letter you were given. The official table identifies a name and a number; it does not, by itself, prove that a particular REIT still has that trustee today.
What the November 2026 count includes, and what it omits
The count below is from the official REIT TRUSTEES 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 trustee in Kenya on that category page. This guide does not paste the names, addresses, licence numbers or websites.
There were 6 printed name-and-licence-number rows. Those rows covered 6 unique names and 5 unique licence numbers, because one licence number is printed against two similar company names. That typographical clash is disclosed, not resolved. The printed licence numbers on the page are not a continuous series; unused numbers are not a second official list.
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 for which the trustee acts, 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 trustee 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. For current NAV and payout figures, use the published Kenya REIT tracker.
Use those pages for the product and the numbers. Use the official REIT TRUSTEES table for the name and licence number of the CMA REIT trustee printed on your documents.
What to do if the name is missing
If the name or licence number you were given does not appear in the REIT TRUSTEES category, check that you used the licensed company name, not only a parent-bank brand, and that you searched the REIT-trustees page rather than the homepage category search. Then check whether the firm is instead listed as a corporate trustee, a REIT manager, an authorised depository 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, or the REIT manager who named it, to show the current official licence details in writing. The register answers a narrow question: is this name among the 6 official REIT TRUSTEES 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-trustee list?
On the Capital Markets Authority licensees register. The REIT TRUSTEES category, checked on 12 November 2026, is at licensees.cma.or.ke/licenses/13/. The register homepage at licensees.cma.or.ke lists that category among the Authority’s other licensees and market players.
How many CMA REIT trustees are on the register?
On a count of the official REIT TRUSTEES table on 12 November 2026, there were 6 printed name-and-licence-number rows, covering 6 unique names and 5 unique licence numbers. That is the current official snapshot of a CMA REIT trustee in Kenya on that page, not a later total. One licence number is printed against two similar company names.
Is a REIT trustee the same as a corporate trustee?
Not on the official headings. A CMA REIT trustee in Kenya appears in the REIT TRUSTEES category. Corporate trustees appear in a separate category on the same official register. Check the heading that matches the role printed on your documents.
What if the firm is not on the REIT-trustees page?
Search the exact licensed name and licence number on the REIT TRUSTEES 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 for the current official licence details. A later official register would supersede the 12 November 2026 count.
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