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40% Of Wheat Flour, 60% Of Maize Flour Not Fortified In Kenya
By Soko Directory Team / Published December 20, 2020 | 11:15 am
A portion of Ugali, a dish made from maize flour, is seen in a restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Around 40 percent of wheat flour and almost 60 percent of maize flour consumed in Kenya is not consistently fortified and thus does not comply with the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) standards exposing Kenyan to major health risks.
The continuous sale of unfortified flour on the Kenyan market has direct implications for the government’s food fortification and safety agenda, as embedded in the Kenya National Food Fortification Programme.
KEBS publishes guidelines for eco-friendly lighting alternatives
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has published new standards for eco-friendly lighting alternatives in Kenya.
The new standard, KS 2914:2020 (Kenya Standard for Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Functional Performance Requirements for General Service Lamps (GSLs), aims to tackle the performance, functional, and safety requirements of lighting technologies.
The lamps offer only up to 1,000 hours of life which is less than one year. The life of each Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), commonly-known as energy saver bulbs has a minimum of 6,000 hours which translates to four (4 )years based on an average of thirty (30)-days per month according to KS 2446-1:2013. Self-ballasted lamps for general lighting services.