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MPs review bill to modernise consumer protection standards

KEBS Board Chairman Chris Wamalwa (right) and CEO Esther Ngari (centre) during a meeting with lawmakers in Nairobi. 

The National Assembly's Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) has begun deliberations on a proposed law to replace Kenya's 50-year-old Standards Act with modern consumer protection legislation.

Tharaka MP George Murugara, who chairs the committee, said the current law enacted in 1974 no longer serves the needs of a growing economy.

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