Controversy rocks imports inspection tenders by Kebs
Second-hand cars being offloaded from a cargo ship at the port of Mombasa on July 7, 2021. The Kenya Bureau of Standards still facing challenges related to procurement of inspectors of products in foreign countries before they get shipped to Kenya.
Local, international and oversea firms have been scheming against one another and dragging Kebs to courts.
The inspection contract involves ensuring products or goods coming to Kenya meet the regulations and quality requirements before shipment.
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) is still facing challenges related to procurement of inspectors of products in foreign countries before they get shipped to Kenya.
This comes more than six years after it rolled out the programme. Local, international and oversea firms have been scheming against one another and dragging Kebs to courts and the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) as they seek the pre-export verification of conformity (PVOC) tenders.
