People · Compliance · Performance · Growth
Outsourced HR for ambitious SMEs
Practical people, compliance and performance support for growing businesses across Kenya.
Your people. Our expertise. Your growth.
Fractional HR from KSh 50,000 a month, flat, for teams of 20 or fewer.
Taking care of HR is no longer just admin
As SMEs grow, the people agenda moves quickly from basic administration to something the business depends on. The companies that attract, manage and keep talent well are better placed to scale. Looking after HR is part of protecting and growing the business.
Talent
Attract capable people in a competitive market.
Experience
Create a workplace people want to join and stay in.
Growth
Build people systems that scale with the business.
Growth often happens faster than people systems
Informal HR
Contracts, employee files and HR processes are not consistently managed.
People risk
Managers are unsure how to handle performance, discipline and grievances.
Talent pressure
Good people are harder to attract, engage and retain.
Founder dependency
The CEO or founder becomes the default HR department.
Inconsistent management
Different managers handle people issues differently.
No people insight
Leadership lacks reliable HR information for decisions.
The risk is more than HR inefficiency. It is lost time, weak accountability, compliance gaps and people problems that could have been avoided.
You may not need a full HR department. You do need HR capability.
Do it yourself
The founder and managers absorb HR work on top of running the business.
Tenhar: your outsourced HR partner
Experienced HR expertise, practical systems and flexible access to the capability you need.
Build a full team
Hire HR roles before the business has the scale or complexity to justify them.
What most SMEs never calculate
The real cost of people risk, and of doing nothing about it.
The cost of DIY HR
An in-house HR generalist averages about KSh 67K a month gross, before on-costs, recruitment or training.
Fractional HR, compared
Tenhar's Fractional HR is a flat KSh 50K a month. Licensed expertise, no hiring risk.
SHIF has no cap
2.75% of gross salary is deducted for every employee, with no upper limit.
NSSF Year 4 is live
Combined contributions can now reach KSh 12,960 a month per employee.
Housing Levy is matched
1.5% from the employee is matched by 1.5% from the employer, every payroll run.
IHRM licensing deadline
From 31 July 2026, unlicensed HR practitioners expose directors to sanctions.
How we work: assess, stabilise, build, grow
Assess
Understand the business, people risks, priorities and HR maturity.
Stabilise
Address urgent compliance, documentation and people risks.
Build
Put practical HR systems, manager routines and controls in place.
Grow
Connect people strategy to the organisation's next stage of growth.
We don't build HR for HR's sake. We build HR to help the business run.
Built for SMEs across industries
Most SMEs need the same things: sound HR foundations, reliable support for managers, compliant people processes and better information for decisions. We adapt the HR model to your size, workforce, industry and stage of growth.
- Professional services
- Retail & distribution
- Hospitality & leisure
- Manufacturing
- Healthcare
- Logistics
- Technology
- NGOs & impact
Let's build an HR function that works for your business.
Start with an HR Health Check. We look at where you are today, what needs attention, and what should happen in the next 90 days.