The Commission for University Education is mandated to License any Student Recruitment Agencies operating in Kenya and any activities by foreign universities and institutions. This process is applicable to:

1. Agencies registered in Kenya (direct recruitment)
   1. Agencies for student recruitment into universities/institutions
   2. Agencies for advertising, exhibiting and marketing universities/institutions;
   3. Foreign universities or institutions directly advertising, exhibiting or recruiting students;
   4. Confederations of agencies for student recruitment into universities/institutions;
   5. Confederations of agencies for advertising, exhibiting and marketing universities/ institutions
2. Local universities as agencies of foreign universities or institutions. i.e. Foreign universities or institutions offering academic programmes in collaboration with Local universities or institutions (Indirect recruitment/Collaboration);