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    "id": 1495655,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495655/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. James Gakuya",
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    "content": "3. An incubation programme that allows SMEs to be trained on compliance to standards, development of quality control records, product packaging and delivery. 4. KEBS's Strategic Plan for the year 2003-2007 has committed to supporting SMEs through capacity building. 5. Recognising the critical roles that are undertaken by the Business Association, KEBS has been working with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and the Kenya National Federation of Jua Kali Associations in supporting SMEs. 6. The KEBS has been collaborating with other agencies like the Kenya Industrial Research Development Institute (KIRDI), Public Health, Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) and the Counterfeit Authority, the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA), among others, to undertake capacity building in support of SMEs. 7. The Ministry, in support of SMEs, has been at the forefront of supporting them through the Biashara Centres with operational offices at Kariobangi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Bungoma. The Ministry has opened and operationalised those centres in Kariobangi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Bungoma with a specific focus on addressing the unique needs of MSMEs. With regard to studies that are offered to the MSMEs sector as intervention measures, the Ministry, through the Kenya Bureau of Standards, has supported them by subsidising the certification fees. The cost of certification for a large manufacturing enterprise – that is manufacturing one product - is Ksh25,000. In supporting Small and Medium Enterprises, the Kenya Bureau of Standards certifies those three products that are manufactured by them at a cost of Ksh10,000. The KEBS has costs associated to testing as well as respective administrative and logistic overheads, and they are absorbed by the organisation. Through that subsidy, SMEs can place their products into the market at discounted charges as compared to large enterprises. The KEBS has been supporting the SME sector through other support programmes; including training and advisory services that are offered through the National Quality Institute."
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