This archive report was first published on 21 August 2020.
On August 21, 2020, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) launched a countrywide market surveillance operation, resulting in the seizure of plastic pipes and construction materials worth ten million Kenya shillings from five companies.
The affected companies, including Kikuyu Pipes and Fitting Centre, Yuanyang Plastic Company Ltd., Doer Industrial Company Ltd., Vintz Industries, and Kansun Pipe Ltd., have been instructed to discontinue manufacturing or offering for sale the affected products and take corrective actions to bring their production processes under control.
KEBS has also suspended the Standardization Mark permits of the affected products, effective immediately, until such a time when corrective actions have been undertaken and confirmed.
According to Lt Col (Rtd.) Bernard Njiraini, Managing Director of KEBS, "It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to ensure continued product compliance to set Standards. Processing, manufacturing, stocking and/or offering for sale of substandard goods or products that do not comply with set Standards is prohibited by the Laws of Kenya under the Standards Act Chapter 496."
