Updated 12 November 2026
The official way to use the ICPAK member directory in Kenya is to search the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya’s public CPA Member Directory, not a business card, a firm website or a social-media profile. The Institute still served that directory on 12 November 2026 at icpak.com/search-member/. The page heading is “Welcome to The CPA Member Directory.” Immediately under that heading the page says: “Search using ICPAK Member Number.” The search box placeholder, checked the same day, is “e.g. 1234.”
This is a search directory, not a published headcount. This guide does not invent a total number of members, and it does not paste names or member numbers. Ask for the person’s official ICPAK member number, then search it yourself on the official page. A later official directory would supersede what you see today.
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What the ICPAK member directory is
The Institute’s Find A CPA hub at icpak.com/directory/, checked on 12 November 2026, has two official entry points: “Click Here to Access The Member Directory” and “Click Here to Access The Firms Directory.” The member directory is the individual-member check. The firms directory is a different official list of practices.
A member appearing in the ICPAK member directory in Kenya is not, by that fact alone, an approved firm. The person may be in good standing, or not, as the official result prints it. Membership status and good-standing status are separate official fields on a result card, as described below.
How to search the ICPAK member directory in Kenya
To search the ICPAK member directory in Kenya, ask for the official Institute member number, then open icpak.com/search-member/ and enter that number in the search box. The official heading on that page tells you to search using the ICPAK member number. The placeholder example is “1234.”
Use the search box on the member-directory page itself, not the general site-search control in the website header. Submit the official form on that page and wait for the result to load. If the box is left empty, the directory’s official message, checked in the Institute’s public search script on 12 November 2026, is: “Please enter a name or letter.” That empty-box wording does not match the page heading “Search using ICPAK Member Number.” This guide discloses that clash and does not pretend the official page uses only one instruction. Use the member number you were given unless the live page clearly accepts another official search term.
If there is a match, the directory prints a result card. If there is no match, the official message is “No results found.” Where more than one page of results is returned, the official directory shows a “Showing … results matching your search” line and page buttons. This guide does not invent a later member total from those pages.
What a result shows, and what it omits
On a successful search of the ICPAK member directory in Kenya, the official result card, as the Institute’s public directory was written on 12 November 2026, prints the member’s name as a heading, a “Member No” line, a “Membership Status” line and a “Status” line for good standing.
Membership Status is printed as ACTIVE, or as the official status wording returned for that member. Good standing is printed as “In Good Standing” or “Not in Good Standing.” Read both lines. An ACTIVE membership status is not a substitute for the good-standing line, and a good-standing line is not a substitute for the member number matching the person in front of you.
The member directory does not, on that result card, replace the official approved-firms list, and it does not print a practising-licence fee, an expiry date or a firm Category letter. Those questions sit on other official ICPAK pages. This guide does not paste example names or numbers from a search.
How this sits with an approved firm and with membership fees
Searching that official member directory tells you whether a member number currently returns an official name, membership status and good-standing line. It does not tell you whether the practice name on a letterhead is on the Institute’s approved-firms list. For that official firm check, use the CPA Firm Directory at icpak.com/search-firm/ and the “Download Approved Firms 2026” file linked from that page.
It also does not tell you what the Institute currently charges for membership or a practising licence. Those official fee tables are in the published ICPAK membership fees guide. A lawyer is checked on a different official roll, covered in the published guide to checking a registered advocate.
What to do if there is no result
If the number you were given returns “No results found,” check that you typed the official member number rather than a national ID, a practising number from a letterhead, or a firm PF number. Then search again on the live official member directory. A later official record would supersede a search you ran today.
If it still does not appear, or if the official name, membership status or good-standing line does not match the card or email you were shown, treat the live directory as the current public record and use the Institute’s own site to ask for the current member record. Include the exact member number, the date you searched, and a copy of the document you were shown. The directory answers a narrow question: what does the official member search currently print for this number? It does not, on its own, approve an engagement or a signature.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the official ICPAK member directory in Kenya?
On the Institute’s site at icpak.com/search-member/, checked on 12 November 2026, under the heading “The CPA Member Directory.” The Find A CPA hub at icpak.com/directory/ points to that member directory separately from the firms directory.
What do I need to search the ICPAK member directory in Kenya?
The official page heading says: “Search using ICPAK Member Number.” The search box placeholder is “e.g. 1234.” Ask the person for that official number, then search it yourself. This guide does not invent a public headcount of members.
What does a result show?
A successful official result prints the member’s name, the member number, a Membership Status line and a good-standing Status line, as “In Good Standing” or “Not in Good Standing.” Read both status lines. If there is no match, the official message is “No results found.”
Is a member the same as an approved firm?
No. The official member directory checks an individual member number. An approved firm is checked on the CPA Firm Directory and the official “Download Approved Firms 2026” PDF at icpak.com/search-firm/. Use both official lists when both questions matter.
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