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| Kenya bureau of standards enhances the nation’s economic efficiency, international competitiveness and contributes to community demand for a safe and sustainable environment. |
It leads and promotes a respected and unbiased Standards development process ensuring all competing interests are heard, their points of view considered and consensus reached.
The functions of KEBS include:
- To promote standardization in industry and commerce.
- To make arrangements to provide facilities for the testing and calibration of precision instruments, gauges and scientific apparatus, for determination of their degree of accuracy by comparison with standards approved by the minister or on the recommendation of the council, or for the issue of certificates in regard thereto.
- To make arrangements or provide facilities for the examination and testing of commodities and any material or substance from or with which and the manner in which they may be manufactured, produced, processed or treated.
- To control, in accordance with the provisions of this act, the use of standardization marks and distinctive marks.
- To prepare, frame, modify or amend specifications and codes of practice.
- To encourage or undertake educational work in connection with standardization.
- To assist the government or any local authority or other public body or any other person in the preparation and framing of any specifications or codes of practice.
- To provide for co-operation with the government or the representatives of any industry or with any local authority or, other public body or any other person, with a view to securing the adoption and practical application of standards.
- To provide for testing on behalf of the government, of locally manufactured and imported goods at the ports of entry or country of origin with a view to determining whether such goods comply with the provision of this act or any other law dealing with standards of quality or description.
- To provide for testing of goods destined for export for purposes of export certification.
- Doing or performing all such other things or acts necessary for the proper performance of its functions under this act which may lawfully be done by a body corporate
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