Kenya’s ability to conform to international standards is set to be boosted with the recent elevation of some of its citizens to important positions in major standard bodies.
In the latest meeting, the country is celebrating the installation of one its own, Eddy Njoroge, to the presidency of the International Organisation for Standardisation.
The development comes in the wake of piling pressure on first world economies to increase the participation of developing and emerging countries in standards development.
Industrialisation Principal Secretary Betty Maina (pictured) said the appointments set the pace for Africa at large to push for what is best for its goals and aspirations.
“This conference and the appointment mean a lot to the African continent,” she said during an international Conformity Assessment Conference in Nairobi yesterday.
The global conference on standards is organised by the Kenya Bureau of Standards and Kenya Accreditation Service.
“The 34th Conformity Assessment Conference (Casco) is meant to be an interactive event that allows for experience sharing and in-depth discussions on challenges in standards development and conformity to the same,” said convention chairperson Frank Makamo.
Further, he said, the two-day event would deeply look at the place of developing countries in standardisation and seek to develop strategies on how to enhance their contribution to help them fully participate in ushering in “globalisation”.
