The National Construction Authority (NCA) on Tuesday issued a directive to all contractors about the renewal of their practising licenses for the year 2024/2025.
In a notice from the Executive Director and Registrar of Contractors Engineer Maurice Akech, NCA has given all the contractors one month to ensure they comply with the guidelines before applying to renew their licenses.
"The authority wishes to inform all local contractors that the current practising licenses will expire on July 31, 2024," Akech stated.
According to NCA, contractors can renew their licenses between July 1 and July 31.
Additionally, the authority revealed that all contractors will now be required to accrue 10 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points by attending an NCA or NCA-accredited CPD seminar for one to renew their annual practising license.
This is in line with Regulation 14 of the NCA Regulations 2014. Those who are yet to attend the seminars are advised to view the training calendar and register for training.
Furthermore, to encourage more contractors to renew their licenses, NCA revealed that it had waived all existing renewal penalties for contractors in default.
"The waiver of penalties on renewal of practising licenses will apply to contractors in categories NCA4, NCA5, NCA6, NCA7, and NCA8. The renewal and waiver period runs from July 1 2024 to July 31 2024," reads part of the notice.
How to Apply
All contractors are advised to visit the authority's official website, nca.go.ke, to begin their renewal process.
Once on the portal, click on the contractor's tab and select the renewal of practising license option.
This will take you to the renewing page where you will be required to fill in your credentials to complete the process. Each contractor will either be required to log in or register to access the NCA portal.
NCA emphasised that all payments must be made through the eCitizen platform. The authority also cautioned against making payments outside of the official platform.
