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Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service
Welcome to KEPHIS
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) is the government parastatal whose responsibility is to assure the quality of agricultural inputs and produce to prevent adverse impacts on the economy, the environment, and human health.
KEPHIS was first established under the State Corporations Act in 1996 and later formed under the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Act 2012 and its mission is to provide a science-based regulatory service by assuring plant health, quality of agricultural inputs and produce for food security, globally competitive agriculture, and sustainable development.
News & Events
Three arrested as fake maize seeds intercepted in Trans Nzoia
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service has intercepted 166 bags of 90kg fake maize seeds which were to be sold to farmers in the coming...
The Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya at KEPHIS Stand at Mombasa ASK Show
His Excellency, The Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya at KEPHIS Stand at Mombasa ASK Show. With are CS Agriculture, Hon. Mithika Lin...
To All Exporters and Importers of Horticultural Produce
As part of the government’s transformative plan on digitization of government services, the National Treasury vide gazette notice No. 16008...
Migration of payments for KEPHIS services to the E-Citizen platform
KEPHIS wishes to notify all Stakeholders and the public that following a Presidential Directive on digitization of government services, We a...
MD KEPHIS congratulating the incoming UPOV Vice Secretary
Prof. Theophilus M. Mutui, MD KEPHIS congratulating the incoming UPOV Vice Secretary General Ms. Yolanda Huerta Casado from Spain
World Food Day in Rombo, Kajiado County
Deputy President H.E. Rigathi Gachagua at the KEPHIS stand during events to mark the World Food Day in Rombo, Kajiado County.
Published Article
Laws, Regulations and Rules under Review or Development
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Act No. 54 of 2012 prescribes under Schedule 1 The Plant Protection Act Cap 324 and The Seeds and Plant Varieties Act Cap 326 as some of the laws to be implemented by the Service. The Plant Protection Act Cap 324 is currently under review to strengthen the regulatory framework for prevention of introduction and management of plant pests and disease in Kenya.
Regulations under Cap 324 have also been developed to provide for the better carrying into effect the provisions of the law. The Seeds and Plant Varieties (Plant Breeder’s Rights Regulations 2022 and Forest Tree Seeds Regulations 2021) under Cap 326 are also currently under review/development to promote an effective system of plant variety protection, with the aim of encouraging the development of new varieties of plants, for the benefit of society and the governance of Forest tree seeds respectively.
The bill, regulations and rules under review or development are:-
Safe Seeds Import Facilitation
Import Requirements
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Biological Requirements
Importation of the Biological Based Organisms and Related Products. Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), as the secretariat to The Kenya Standing Technical Committee on Imports and...
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Import Certification System
Automated Support System for the Importation of Phytosanitary Consignments (ASSIP). The Automated Support System for the Importation of Phytosanitary Consignments (ASSIP) is a revolutionary...
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Seed Import
Plant Import & Quarantine Regulatory System (PIQRS). The Plant Import and Quarantine Regulatory System (PIQRS) is a Business to Government and Government to business web based system designed to...
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