Updated 12 November 2026
The official way to check a WASREB tariff register in Kenya is to open the Water Services Regulatory Board’s public Register of Tariffs and Licences, not a county flyer, a utility WhatsApp message or a bill that has no gazette behind it. The Board still served that register on 12 November 2026 at wasreb.go.ke/my-tariffs/. The page heading on that date is “Register of Licences and Tariffs.” The body text on the same page calls it “The Register of Tariffs and Licences,” and later “WASREB Tariff Register.” Those are official wordings for the same table.
On a count of that official table on 12 November 2026, there were 73 unique utility-name rows. License Status was printed as “Valid” or “valid” on 64 rows, “Expired” on five, “Revoked” on one, and blank on three. Tariff Status was printed as “Valid” on 65 rows, “Expired” on seven and “Revoked” on one. Every row had at least one Gazette Notice PDF link on wasreb.go.ke. This guide does not paste the utility names. Search the exact official name. A later official register would supersede that count.
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What the WASREB tariff register is
The Board’s own page, checked on 12 November 2026, describes the Register of Tariffs and Licences as “the official repository maintained by the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB) containing information on licensed Water Service Providers (WSPs) and water and sanitation tariffs in Kenya.” It says the register is maintained pursuant to the Water Act, 2016 and the Water Services Regulations, 2025.
The same page cites section 70(1) of the Water Act, 2016, which establishes the Board “with the principal objective of protecting the interests and rights of consumers in the provision of water services.” It cites section 72(1)(b), which mandates the Board to evaluate and recommend water and sewerage tariffs to the county water services providers and to approve the imposition of those tariffs. It cites section 72(1)(c), which empowers the Board to set licence conditions and accredit water services providers.
The official table columns, as printed on 12 November 2026, are UTILITY NAME, License Effective Date, License Expiry Date, License Status, Gazettement Date, Tariff Expiry Date, Tariff Status and Gazette Notice Links. Licence status and tariff status are separate columns. A row can show an expired licence and a valid tariff, or the reverse, as printed. Do not treat one column as a substitute for the other.
This table is not the Board’s “The License” application page, which explains how a utility applies for a commercially viable, small-scale or bulk-water licence. It is not MajiData, a separate official WASREB system linked from the same site. It is also not the December 2024 contacts list or the 30 June 2023 licence-status PDF discussed below.
How to search the WASREB tariff register in Kenya
To use the WASREB tariff register in Kenya, ask for the official name of the water service provider that bills you, then open wasreb.go.ke/my-tariffs/ and find that name in the UTILITY NAME column. The Board’s own instruction on that page, checked on 12 November 2026, is: “Kindly click on the Gazette Notice Link for ‘my’ Water Service Provider from the table to view my tariff.”
Read the License Status and the Tariff Status on that row before you open the PDF. Then open the Gazette Notice link. The files counted on 12 November 2026 were PDF documents hosted on wasreb.go.ke. Some rows have two links; the second is often labelled “Indexed Tariff.” Use the link that matches the document you were given, and compare the gazette dates on the row with the dates printed in the PDF.
The 12 November 2026 table loaded as a single page. This guide does not invent a later page of names, and it does not invent a site-wide search box that the page does not provide. Scroll or use your browser’s find tool for the official utility name. Match the name on your bill to the official row; a trading name, an estate name or a county department name is not always the name printed in the register.
Two other official WASREB files are easy to confuse with this live table. A PDF still posted on 12 November 2026 as WSPs-as-per-WWDA-Region-County-Subcounty.pdf, created on 4 December 2024, is titled “WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS CONTACTS.” On a count of that file the same day, there were 102 numbered rows. That is a contacts-by-region list, not the live licence-and-tariff table, and this guide does not republish its contact column.
A second PDF, still posted as the “REGISTER OF WATER SERVICES PROVIDERS (WSPs) AND STATUS OF LICENCES AS AT 30 JUNE 2023 (Pursuant to section 75 of the Water Act 2016),” is a dated snapshot. Do not treat 30 June 2023 licence dates as the current status on the WASREB tariff register in Kenya.
What the November 2026 count includes, and what it omits
The count below is from the official my-tariffs 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 the WASREB tariff register in Kenya on that page. This guide does not paste the utility names, licence dates or gazette file names.
There were 73 unique utility-name rows and no duplicate names. License Status was printed as “Valid” on two rows and “valid” on 62 rows; this guide counts those together as 64, and it does not pretend the official capitalisation is consistent. Five rows were printed as “Expired,” one as “Revoked,” and three rows had a blank License Status. Those three blank-status rows also had blank License Effective Date and License Expiry Date cells. This guide does not invent dates or a status that the official table does not print.
Tariff Status was printed as “Valid” on 65 rows, “Expired” on seven rows and “Revoked” on one row. Every row had at least one Gazette Notice PDF link; 83 PDF links in total were counted, all on wasreb.go.ke. The Board’s page says it “updates the Register regularly.” That statement is not a later headcount. A later official table would supersede the 12 November 2026 figures.
The official date cells are not typographically clean on every row. As printed on 12 November 2026, one licence-effective date reads “3th February 2026,” one licence-expiry date reads “3oth June 2029,” and one licence-effective date reads “21st April 21 2026.” Those typographical clashes are disclosed, not corrected. Quote the official cell as printed, then confirm the date in the Gazette PDF.
The 102 numbered rows on the 4 December 2024 contacts PDF and the 73 rows on the live tariff table are different official lists with different purposes. This guide does not invent a reason for a name that appears on one list and not the other, and it does not treat the contacts PDF as a live licence-status register. Some numbered contacts rows, as printed, are bulk-water supplies or water associations rather than the county companies most households know.
How this sits with other water and energy checks
Checking the WASREB tariff register in Kenya tells you whether a named water service provider has a printed licence status, a printed tariff status and a gazette PDF for the approved tariff. It does not tell you whether a bottled or refill drinking-water brand meets the Kenya Bureau of Standards rules. For that product standard, use the published KEBS water refill requirements guide.
It is also not an electricity tariff. The approved charging rates for electric vehicles sit under a different regulator and are covered in the published EV charging tariff Kenya guide. A construction-site water connection or a building approval is a different file again; those checks do not replace a search of the WASREB tariff register in Kenya.
What to do if the name or status does not match
If the name on your bill does not appear in the 73 official rows counted on 12 November 2026, check that you used the official utility name, not only an estate, scheme or county trading name, and that you searched the my-tariffs table rather than the older contacts PDF or the 30 June 2023 licence-status snapshot. Then open the live table again; the Board says it updates the register regularly, and a later official row would supersede this count.
If the name is there but the License Status or Tariff Status is printed as “Expired” or “Revoked,” or if a licence-date cell is blank, treat the official row as the current public record and write to the Board through its official complaints-handling page or feedback form. Include the exact utility name as printed, the date you checked the table, and a copy or photo of the bill or gazette you were shown. The register answers a narrow question: what licence status, tariff status and gazette link does the Board currently print for this name? It does not, on its own, settle a billing dispute or approve a new connection.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the official WASREB tariff register in Kenya?
On the Water Services Regulatory Board site. The Register of Tariffs and Licences, checked on 12 November 2026, is at wasreb.go.ke/my-tariffs/. The same page also calls it the Register of Licences and Tariffs and the WASREB Tariff Register. Click the Gazette Notice link on your utility’s row to open the approved-tariff PDF.
How many utilities are on the WASREB tariff register in Kenya?
On a count of the official my-tariffs table on 12 November 2026, there were 73 unique utility-name rows. That is the current official snapshot of the WASREB tariff register in Kenya on that page, not a later total. A separate official contacts PDF dated 4 December 2024 had 102 numbered rows; that is a different list.
Is a valid tariff the same as a valid licence?
No. The official table has separate License Status and Tariff Status columns. As printed on 12 November 2026, some rows show an expired licence and a valid tariff, or the reverse. Read both columns, then open the Gazette Notice PDF.
What if my utility is not on the table?
Search the exact official utility name on wasreb.go.ke/my-tariffs/, not only a trading name and not the older 30 June 2023 licence-status PDF. If it still does not appear, use the Board’s official complaints or feedback page and ask for the current public record. A later official register would supersede the 12 November 2026 count.
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