The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) on Wednesday, May 21, raided an electric iron box producer in Mlolongo, confiscating several stocks of the same, believed to have posed a risk to consumers.
In a statement after the raid, KEBS warned that the iron boxes lacked critical earthing features required for electric appliances, making them substandard and therefore not fit for the market.
Accompanying the warning were images of the seized product, both in cartons and outside, making them seem brand new and fine to the naked eye. "The Kenya Bureau of Standards conducted a surveillance operation in Mlolongo, targeting substandard electric iron boxes at the producer level," the statement read. A photo collage of an electric iron box consignement seized by KEBS on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Photo KEBS "These products were found to lack critical earthing features, posing significant safety risks to users.
