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Kenya's standards agency now targets informal sector

An artisan paints a metal box along Landhies Road in Nairobi on December 28, 2018. KEBS now wants traders and manufacturers from the informal sector to get its quality mark. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

By  NYAMBEGA GISESA

Kenya Bureau of Standards has renewed its campaign to have traders and manufacturers from the informal sector get its standardisation mark.

Kebs said the move would open up more trade opportunities for them within East Africa.

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