Eyebrows raised as Kebs board splashes millions on trip

Kebs acting Managing Director Bernard Guyo in the witness dock at a Milimani court. [George Njunge/Standard]

The entire Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) board is out of the country on a visit of four countries on what the agency says is a familiarisation exercise of pre-export processes.

The 12-member board, commonly known as the National Standard Council (NSC), and seven senior managers left the country last Friday on a 12-day trip that will take them to Japan, China, India and Dubai. The team, which is divided into three groups, will visit three countries for 10 days before converging in Dubai on the last two days of the tour.