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Gazette Notice No. 15384 of 2025

The National Standards Council declares the scheduled specifications and codes of practice to be Kenya Standards from publication.

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  1. Legislation notice 1

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    National Standards Council
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    the date of publication of this notice
    Date
    24 October 2025

  2. Standards listing 2

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    Standards listing

  3. Standards confirmation 3

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    forthwith

  4. Standards withdrawal 4

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    forthwith

  5. Standards withdrawal 5

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Schedule 124 rows

Food
NumberTitle of Specification or Code of Practice
KS 2430:2025Kenya Standard — Ginger paste — Specification, Second Edition
KS 2431:2025Kenya Standard — Garlic paste — Specification, Second Edition
KS ISO 5530-1:2025Kenya Standard — Wheat flour — Physical characteristics of doughs — Part 1: Determination of water absorption and rheological properties using a farinograph, Third Edition
KS ISO 5530-2:2025Kenya Standard — Wheat flour — Physical characteristics of doughs — Part 2: Determination of rheological properties using an extensograph, First Edition
KS ISO 17715:2025Kenya Standard — Flour from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Amperometric method for starch damage measurement, Second Edition
KS ISO 24557:2024Kenya Standard — Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method, Second Edition
KS EAS 33:2025Kenya Standard — Yoghurt — Specification, Fourth Edition
KS EAS 1008:2025Kenya Standard — Fermented (cultured) milk — Specification, Second Edition
KS EAS 1191:2025Kenya Standard — Flavoured milk — Specification, First Edition
KS EAS 1193:2025Kenya Standard — Lactose-free milk — Specification, First Edition
KS ISO/TS 21872-2:2020Kenya Standard — Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the determination of Vibrio spp. — Part 2: Enumeration of total and potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood using nucleic acid hybridization, First Edition
KS ARS 1132-3:2024Kenya Standard — Test method for fish and fishery products — Part:3: Determination of parasites in fin fish by candling, First Edition
KS ARS 1132-5:2024Kenya Standard — Test method for fish and fishery products — Part 5: Determination of selenium, First Edition
KS ARS 1123:2024Kenya Standard — Canned shrimps or prawns — Specification, First Edition
KS ARS 1110-1:2023Kenya Standard — Dried small sardine and sardine-type pelagic fish — Part 1: Freshwater, First Edition
KS ARS 1110-2:2023Kenya Standard — Dried small sardine and sardine-type pelagic fish — Part 2: Dried anchovies, First Edition
KS ARS 1110-3:2023Kenya Standard — Dried small sardine and sardine-type pelagic fish — Part 3: Boiled, dried and salted anchovies, First Edition
KS ARS 1106:2023Kenya Standard — Tilapia production aquaculture farms — Good aquaculture practices, Second Edition
KS ARS 1107:2023Kenya Standard — Freshwater aquatic animal production farms — Good aquacultural practices, First Edition
Textiles and Leather
NumberTitle of Specification or Code of Practice
KS 2715:2025Kenya Standard — Knitted pile blankets — Specification, Second Edition
KS 2946:2025Kenya Standard — Prayer mat — Specification, Second Edition
KS ARS 1599:2024Kenya Standard — Textiles — Code of practice for garment manufacturing, First Edition
KS ARS 2068:2025Kenya Standard — Textiles — Lining fabric — Specification, First Edition
Mechanical and Civil Engineering
NumberTitle of Specification or Code of Practice
KS ISO 14946:2021Kenya Standard — Small craft — Maximum load capacity, Second Edition
KS ISO 18119:2018Kenya Standard — Gas cylinders — Seamless steel and seamless aluminium-alloy gas cylinders and tubes — Periodic inspection and testing, First Edition
KS ISO 18119:2018/Amd 1:2021Kenya Standard — Gas cylinders — Seamless steel and seamless aluminium-alloy gas cylinders and tubes — Periodic inspection and testing, AMENDMENT 1
KS ISO 18119:2018/Amd 2:2024Kenya Standard — Gas cylinders — Seamless steel and seamless aluminium-alloy gas cylinders and tubes — Periodic inspection and testing, AMENDMENT 2
KS ISO 23550:2018Kenya Standard — Safety and control devices for gas and/or oil burners and appliances — General requirements, Second Edition
KS EN 1990:2002/NA:2025— Kenya National Annex to KS EN 1990:2002 — Eurocode 0: Basis of structural design, First Edition
KS EN 1992-1-1:2004/NA:2025— Kenya National Annex to KS EN 1992-1-1:2004 — Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures — Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, First Edition
KS EN 1993-1-1:2005/NA:2025— Kenya National Annex to KS EN 1993-1-1:2005 — Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures — Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, First Edition
KS EN 1993-1-2:2005/NA:2025— Kenya National Annex to KS EN 1993-1-2:2005 — Design of steel structures — Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, First Edition
KS 2801-2:2025Kenya Standard — Masonry units — Specification — Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (lightweight aggregates), First Edition
KS ISO 5257:2023Kenya Standard — Bamboo structures — Engineered bamboo products — Test methods for determination of mechanical properties using small size specimens, First Edition
KS ISO 7567:2024Kenya Standard — Bamboo structures — Glue laminated bamboo — Product specifications, First Edition
KS ISO 16830:2025Kenya Standard — Specification of bamboo drinking straws, First Edition
KS ISO 23478:2022Kenya Standard — Bamboo structures — Engineered bamboo products — Test methods for determination of physical and mechanical properties, First Edition
KS ISO 7240-2:2017Kenya Standard — Fire detection and alarm systems — Part 2: Fire detection control and indicating equipment, First Edition
KS ISO 7240-3:2020Kenya Standard — Fire detection and alarm systems — Part 3: Audible alarm devices, First Edition
KS ISO 7240-5:2018Kenya Standard — Fire detection and fire alarm systems — Part 5: Point type heat detectors, First Edition
KS ISO 7240-7:2023Kenya Standard — Fire detection and fire alarm systems — Part 7: Point-type smoke detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization, First Edition
KS ISO 7240-23:2013Kenya Standard — Fire detection and alarm systems — Part 23: Visual alarm devices, First Edition
KS ISO 12239:2021Kenya Standard — Smoke alarms using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization, First Edition
KS ISO 8201:2017Kenya Standard — Alarm systems — Audible emergency evacuation signal — Requirements, First Edition
KS ISO 6183:2022Kenya Standard — Fire protection equipment — Carbon dioxide extinguishing systems for use on premises — Design and installation, First Edition
KS ISO 580:2005Kenya Standard — Plastics piping and ducting systems — Injection-moulded thermoplastics fittings — Methods for visually assessing the effects of heating, First Edition
KS ISO 13229:2010Kenya Standard — Thermoplastics piping systems for non-pressure applications — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) pipes and fittings — Determination of the viscosity number and K-value, First Edition
KS ISO 13254:2010Kenya Standard — Thermoplastics piping systems for non-pressure applications — Test method for watertightness, First Edition
KS ISO 9669:1990/Amd 1:1992Kenya Standard — Series 1 freight containers — Interface connections for tank containers, AMENDMENT 1: Sections 3 and 4
KS ISO 9897:1997Kenya Standard — Freight containers — Container equipment data exchange (CEDEX) — General communication codes, First Edition
KS ISO 830:2024Kenya Standard — Freight containers — Vocabulary, Second Edition
KS ISO 4406:2021Kenya Standard — Hydraulic fluid power — Fluids — Method for coding the level of contamination by solid particles, Second Edition
KS ISO 6406:2005Kenya Standard — Gas cylinders — Seamless steel gas cylinders — Periodic inspection and testing, to be replaced by KS ISO 18119:2018
KS ISO 14946:2001Kenya Standard — Small craft — Maximum load capacity, to be replaced by KS ISO 14946:2021
KS ISO 830:1999Kenya Standard — Freight containers — Vocabulary, to be replaced by KS ISO 830:2024
KS ISO 4406:1999Kenya Standard — Hydraulic fluid power — Fluids — Method for coding the level of contamination by solid particles, to be replaced by KS ISO 4406:2021
Services
NumberTitle of Specification or Code of Practice
KNWA 3038:2025Kenya Standard — Fitness instructors ― Code of practice, First Edition
KNWA 3039:2025Kenya Standard — Tattooing — Safe and hygienic practice — Requirements, First Edition
KNWA 3036:2025Kenya Standard — Coconut and coconut related products — Coco coir planting pot ― Specification, First Edition
KS ISO 6877:2025Kenya Standard — Dentistry — Endodontic obturating materials, Fourth Edition
KS ISO 20127:2025Kenya Standard — Dentistry — Physical properties of powered toothbrushes, Third Edition
KS ISO 20127:2020Kenya Standard — Dentistry — Physical properties of powered toothbrushes, to be replaced by KS ISO 20127:2025
KS ISO 6877:2021Kenya Standard — Dentistry — Endodontic obturating materials, to be replaced by KS ISO 6877:2025
Chemical
NumberTitle of Specification or Code of Practice
KS ISO 527-2:2025Kenya Standard — Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics, Second Edition
KS ISO 1183-1:2025Kenya Standard — Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics — Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pycnometer method and titration method, Third Edition
KS ISO 4892-1:2024Kenya Standard — Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 1: General guidance and requirements, Third Edition
KS ISO 4892-3:2024Kenya Standard — Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps, Third Edition
KS ISO 8256:2023Kenya Standard — Plastics — Determination of tensile-impact strength, Second Edition
KS ISO 11357-6:2025Kenya Standard — Plastics — Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) — Part 6: Determination of oxidation induction time (isothermal OIT) and oxidation induction temperature (dynamic OIT), Second Edition
KS ISO 3451-5:2025Kenya Standard — Plastics — Determination of ash — Part 5: Poly(vinyl chloride), Third Edition
KS ISO 527-2:2012Kenya Standard — Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics, to be replaced by KS ISO 527-2:2025
KS ISO 1183-1:2019Kenya Standard — Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics — Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pycnometer method and titration method, to be replaced by KS ISO 1183-1:2025
KS ISO 3451-5:2002Kenya Standard — Plastics — Determination of ash — Part 5: Poly(vinyl chloride, to be replaced by KS ISO 3451-5:2025
KS ISO 11357-6:2008Kenya Standard — Plastics — Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) — Part 6: Determination of oxidation induction time (isothermal OIT) and oxidation induction temperature (dynamic OIT, to be replaced by KS ISO 11357-6:2025
KS ISO 4892-1:2016Kenya Standard — Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 1: General guidance and requirements, to be replaced by KS ISO 4892-1:2024
KS ISO 4892-3:2016Kenya Standard — Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps, to be replaced by KS ISO 4892-3:2024
KS ISO 8256:2004Kenya Standard — Plastics — Determination of tensile-impact strength, to be replaced by KS ISO 8256:2023
KS 91:2022Kenya Standard — Petroleum and petroleum products — Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) — Specification, to be replaced by KS EAS 1105:2025
Electrotechnical and ICT
KS ISO 10844:2021Kenya Standard — Acoustics — Specification of test tracks for measuring sound emitted by road vehicles and their tyres, First Edition
KS ISO 11204:2010Kenya Standard — Acoustics — Noise emitted by machinery and equipment — Determination of emission sound pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions applying accurate environmental corrections, First Edition
KS IEC 60076-7:2018Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 7: Loading guide for mineral-oil-immersed power transformers, First Edition
KS IEC 60076-8:1997Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 8: Application guide, First Edition
KS IEC/IEEE 60076-16:2018Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 16: Transformers for wind turbine applications, First Edition
KS IEC 60076-18:2012Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 18: Measurement of frequency response, First Edition
KS IEC/TS 60076-19:2013Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 19: Rules for the determination of uncertainties in the measurement of the losses on power transformers and reactors, First Edition
KS IEC 60076-19-1:2023Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 19-1: Rules for the determination of uncertainties in the measurement of the losses of power transformers, First Edition
KS IEC/TS 60076-20:2017Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 20: Energy efficiency, First Edition
KS IEC/TS 60076-20:2017/Cor 1:2018Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 20: Energy efficiency, CORRIGENDUM 1
KS IEC 60076-21:2018Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 21: Standard requirements, terminology, and test code for step-voltage regulators, First Edition
KS IEC 60076-22-1:2019Kenya Standard — Power transformers — Part 22-1: Power transformer and reactor fittings — Protective devices, First Edition
KS IEC 61747-1-1:2014Kenya Standard — Liquid crystal display devices — Part 1-1: Generic — Generic specification, First Edition
KS IEC 63330-1:2024Kenya Standard — Repurposing of secondary batteries — Part 1: General requirements, First Edition
KS IEC 63338:2024Kenya Standard — General guidance on reuse and repurposing of secondary cells and batteries, First Edition
The following standards are hereby confirmed forthwith; Electrotechnical and ICT
KS 2896-1:2020Kenya Standard — Software and Systems Engineering Processes — Requirements and Evaluation — Part 1: Agreement processes — Acquisition and Supply
KS 2896-2-1:2020Kenya Standard — Software and Systems Engineering Processes — Requirements and Evaluation — Part 2-1: Technical processes
KS 2896-2-2:2020Kenya Standard — Software and Systems Engineering Processes — Requirements and Evaluation — Part 2-2: Technical evaluation
KS 2896-3-1:2020Kenya Standard — Software Engineering processes — Software product quality — Part 3-1: Requirements
KS 2896-3-2:2020Kenya Standard — Software Engineering processes — Software product quality — Part 3-2: Requirements
KS ISO/IEC TR 25021:2012Kenya Standard — Systems and software engineering — Systems and software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE) — Quality measure elements
KS ISO/IEC 25022:2016Kenya Standard — Software engineering — Software Product Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE) — Measurement of quality in use
KS ISO/IEC 25023:2016Kenya Standard — Systems and Software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE) — Measurement of system and software product quality
KS ISO/IEC 25024:2016Kenya Standard — Systems and software engineering — Systems and software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE) — Measurement of data quality
KS ISO/IEC 38505-1:2017Kenya Standard — Information technology — Governance of IT — Governance of data — Part 1: Application of ISO/IEC 38500 to the governance of data
KS ISO/IEC TR 38505-2:2018Kenya Standard — Information technology — Governance of IT — Governance of data — Part 2: Implications of ISO/IEC 38505-1 for data management
KS ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2017Kenya Standard — Systems and software engineering — Software life cycle processes
KS ISO/IEC 13818-1:2013Kenya Standard — Information technology — Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information — Part 1: Systems
KS ISO/IEC 13818-2:2013Kenya Standard — Information technology — Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information — Part 2: Video
KS ISO/IEC 13818-3:1998Kenya Standard — Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information — Part 3: Audio
KS ISO/IEC 13818-7:2006Kenya Standard — Information technology — Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information — Part 7: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)
The following standards are hereby withdrawn forthwith; Food
KS ISO 24557:2009Kenya Standard — Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method, to be replaced by KS ISO 24557:2024
KS ISO 5530-1:2013Kenya Standard — Wheat flour — Physical characteristics of doughs — Part 1: Determination of water absorption and rheological properties using a farinograph, to be replaced by KS ISO 5530-1:2025
KS ISO 17715:2013Kenya Standard — Flour from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Amperometric method for starch damage measurement, to be replaced by KS ISO 17715:2025
KS 2430:2018Kenya Standard — Ginger paste — Specification, to be replaced by KS 2430:2025
KS 2431:2018Kenya Standard — Garlic paste — Specification, to be replaced by KS 2431:2025
KS EAS 33:2019Kenya Standard — Yoghurt — Specification, to be replaced by KS EAS 33:2025
KS EAS 1008:2021Kenya Standard — Fermented (cultured) milk — Specification, to be replaced by KS EAS 1008:2025
KS 1756:2021Kenya Standard — Flavoured milk — Specification, to be replaced by KS EAS 1191:2025
KS 2934:2021Kenya Standard — Lactose free milk — Specification, to be replaced by KS EAS 1193:2025
KS ARS 1106:2018Kenya Standard — Tilapia production aquaculture farms — Good aquaculture practices, to be replaced by KS ARS 1106:2023
KS 2685:2017Kenya Standard — Certain canned vegetables — Specification, to be replaced by KS EAS 1060:2023
KS 523-1:2007Kenya Standard — Breakfast cereals — Specification — Part 1: Rolled/flaked oats (quick-cooking type), to be replaced by KS EAS 1160:2024
Textiles & Leather
KS 214-2:2018Kenya Standard — Woven interlinings and linings for apparel purposes — Specification — Part 2: Woven linings for apparel purposes to be replaced by KS ARS 2068:2025
KS 2715:2017Kenya Standard — Knitted pile blankets — Specification, to be replaced by KS 2715:2025
KS 2946:2022Kenya Standard — Prayer mat — Specification, to be replaced by KS 2946:2025

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Signed byEsther Ngari, Secretary, National Standards Council
Issuing authorityNational Standards Council
BodyNational Standards Council
LawStandards Act

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Kenya Gazette Notice No. 15384 of 2025, Vol. CXXVII No. 219, 24 October 2025, p. 7285.

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