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Kebs suspends licences of 368 water bottling firms

Kenya Bureau of Standards Managing Director Charles Ongwae. [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. Currently, there are over 600 water bottling companies licenced by Kebs to manufacture the precious commodity.

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