Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya has launched the Kenya Quality Policy draft at the National Validation
Workshop in Nairobi today.
The proposed policy is aimed at addressing the quality and accreditation gaps
of products by providing a framework to coordinate the accreditation of quality of goods and services manufactured locally before export.
“We have a number of organizations in government who are looking at the issues of
quality and accreditation, however, we have not had a well-coordinated mechanism and therefore this policy is a framework of proper coordination.”
he said.
The policy comes at an ideal time where Kenya has effectively positioned itself globally following several partnership agreements such as the European
Union & the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
“All these markets, including our national market, require quality products and services and therefore this policy will graduate Kenya acceptance of products in the global market” he added.
The policy will complement the existing standards authorities to ensure that
they operate within a framework that is well coordinated. “The policy will prepare the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which form the biggest population of investors in our country, to have a framework of accreditation” he concluded.
