Sample Page 5 – Kenya Bureau of Standards

The functions of KEBS as mandated by the Standards Act, Chapter 496 of the Laws of Kenya are inter alia:

To promote standardization in industry and commerce;
To prepare, frame, modify or amend specifications and codes of practice;
To control, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the use of standardization marks and distinctive mark;
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 make arrangements or provide facilities for the testing and calibration of precision instruments, gauges and scientific apparatus, for the determination of their degree of accuracy by comparison with standards approved by the Minister on the recommendation of the Council, and for the issue of certificates in regard thereto;

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 the testing at the request of the Minister, and on behalf of the Government, of locally manufactured and imported commodities with a view to determining whether such commodities comply with the provisions of this Act or any other law dealing with standards of quality or description.