Speaking to about 400 representatives of water bottling firms, Ongwae said the decision had been taken to safeguard consumers from taking sub-standard bottled water. Currently, there are over 600 water bottling companies licenced by Kebs to manufacture the precious commodity. The Kenya Revenue Authority also keeps a list of water bottling companies licenced for excise duty tax. [PHOTO: Antony Gitonga/STANDARD]More than half of the water bottling firms in Kenya will be out of business after the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) cracked the whip on rogue manufacturers. The standards body announced yesterday that it had suspended permits for 368 water bottling companies for what it termed as their failure to comply with quality standards.

Source: Standard Digital May 11, 2016 15:52 UTC