The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has urged Kenyans to conduct due diligence when purchasing any product from the market.
In a press briefing on Sunday, April 27, the bureau urged consumers to look out for marks of quality displayed on products and cross-check them on its official website to ensure authenticity. "Buy products which you can see have product certification marks, that is, standardisation marks of quality.
This mark of quality can be verified online, where you just type the number you have seen on our website and see whether the permit displayed there is genuine or not," KEBS stated. "That is one way of safeguarding yourself as a consumer, ensuring by yourself that what is right before you is actually permitted to be in the market." Peter Kaigwara, KEBS Director of Market Surveillance during the media engagement engages the media during a workshop in Naivasha on April 30, 2024.
Photo KEBS Apart from verifying the certification marks, KEBS implored Kenyans to expose any products circulating the markets without credible standardisation marks.
