There are international specifications for almost everything offered in the market. For example, ICE 60364 is the international standard for Electrical Installation of Buildings. Such a standard is supposed to be reviewed and adapted for Kenya needs by the relevant professional body and strictly enforced by KEBS. Every product meant to be used for Electrical Installation in any building must meet this standard. It does not matter whether the product is locally manufactured or imported, neither does it matter whether the product is branded or generic. If it doesn’t meet the standard, it’s not fit for use and should be destroyed or shipped back to the supplier.
The problem we have here is that we like to cut corners, always going for the short term gains, corruption of the mind. Why would you want to buy an electrical cable that could cause a fire and kill you and your family? Are you happy when you buy that pair of jeans and then inapata mashimo within four months? Sale of fake and substandard products only helps those who want to take advantage of your gullibility. If you cannot afford to buy a branded product, nunua generic from a reputable seller.
A special place in hell is reserved for those KEBS witches that have allowed massive erosion of standards in the country. The government is also guilty, walikuwa wapi?