Payroll software with East African roots

UzimaHR started when a finance team in Nairobi spent an entire weekend rebuilding spreadsheet formulas after an NSSF Gazette Notice. We built the system we wished existed — compliant by default, honest about its limits, and fast enough for month-end.

Our mission

To give every Kenyan employer — from 25-person startups to multi-branch enterprises — payroll and HR tools that match the complexity of local statutory law, without enterprise software prices or six-month implementations.

Our values

Uzima — vitality in every payroll run

Our name means life and wellness in Swahili. We believe accurate, timely pay is foundational to employee dignity — not an afterthought in a generic HR suite.

Built here, for here

Kenya's statutory landscape is unique. We design for PAYE bands, NSSF tiers, SHIF transitions, and M-Pesa disbursement — not as plugins on a Western payroll engine.

Honest compliance

We show our rates, our sources, and our caveats. When Finance Acts change, our versioned engine updates — and we tell you to cross-check with KRA anyway.

People who've run payroll

Our team includes former payroll officers, finance directors, and HR leads who've felt the pain of spreadsheet errors before month-end close.

The team

Grace Wanjala

Co-founder & CEO

Former HR Director at a Nairobi logistics group. Built UzimaHR after one too many NSSF limit change fire drills.

James Ochieng

Co-founder & CTO

Engineering lead focused on the Statutory Rates Engine and ESS performance on low-bandwidth connections.

Irene Mwangi

Head of Compliance

Ex-KRA consultant. Ensures rate updates trace to Gazette Notices and Finance Act provisions.

Amina Hassan

Head of Customer Success

Leads onboarding for multi-branch employers across Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu.

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