Certification Body

Certifying organizations and persons based on Kenyan standards

Persons Certification

Certifying professionals for competence, integrity, and industry-recognized standards.

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Systems Certification

Validating organizations' systems for quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.

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About KEBS CB

Kenya Bureau of Standards Certification Body (KEBS CB) is wholly owned by KEBS and it Is one of the leading CB’s in the region. KEBS CB certifies management systems and persons locally and internationally, based on local and international standards. KEBS CB is accredited by the Dutch Accreditation Council (RVA) and by Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) for ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 standard for certification of management systems. KENAS has also accredited KEBS CB for ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standard for certification of persons. For more details on our accreditation, visit RVA on and KENAS on KEBS CB implements the following principles in all its certification activities:

Impartiality
Competence
Responsibility
Openness
Confidentiality
Responsiveness to complaints
Risk-based approach

Mission

To promote industry competitiveness by providing internationally recognised conformity assessment services

Vision

To be a global leader in provision of certification services that deliver quality and confidence

Our Commitment

Treat our customers with dignity, courtesy and respect
Acknowledge applications for certification within 7 days of receipt
Use only competent personnel to carry out audit activities
Acknowledge any compliant received within 7 days and ensure that appropriate correction and corrective actions are taken as a result
Provide timely information on the audit and certification process and about certification status
Keep client information confidential
Give clients due notice of any change to the requirements for certification
Upon request correctly state the status of the clients’ management system

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Core Values

We are guided by principles that define who we are and how we work. We are driven by integrity, guided by transparency, and committed to excellence.

Impartiality

Competence

Responsibility

Confidentiality

Responsiveness to complaints

Openness

Our Statement on Impartiality

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) understands the importance of impartiality in carrying out its management system certification activities. To this end, KEBS has identified, analyzed and documented possibilities for conflicts of interest arising from the provision of certification, including any conflicts arising from its relationships. KEBS manages these conflicts and ensures the objectivity of its management system certification activities

In Particular:

When a relationship poses an unacceptable threat to impartiality, then KEBS does not provide certification.
KEBS does not provide certification services to other certification bodies for their management systems.
KEBS does not offer or provide management system consultancy.
KEBS does not offer or provide internal audits to its certified clients and does not certify a management system on which it provided internal audits.
KEBS does not certify a management system on which a client has received management system consultancy or internal audits, where the relationship between the consultancy organization and KEBS poses an unacceptable threat to the impartiality of the certification body.
KEBS does not outsource audits to management system consultancy organizations.
KEBS does not offer or market its services as linked with the activities of an organization that provides management system consultancy.
To ensure that there is no conflict of interests, personnel who have provided management system consultancy, including those acting in a managerial capacity, are not used to take part in an audit or other certification activities if they have been involved in management system consultancy towards the client in question within two years following the end of the consultancy
KEBS takes action to respond to any threats to its impartiality arising from the actions of other persons, bodies or organizations.
All certification body personnel, either internal or external, or committees, who could influence the certification activities, act impartially and do not allow commercial, financial or other pressures to compromise impartiality.
All personnel, internal and external, are required to reveal any situation known to them that may present them or the certification body with a conflict of interests.
KEBS Certification Body does not certify persons it has trained
KEBS Certification Body does not train persons whom it certifies

Our Accreditations

In line with the government’s directive to digitize all payments for improved revenue collection and service delivery, all KEBS payments must now be made exclusively through the eCitizen platform.