1. Kenya Accreditation Service
Accreditation and it’s Impact in County Development by
Michael K Talam
Assistant Director- Certification

2. 1 2 Overview Who we are…. What is accreditation and it’s benefits?3
Impacts at County Level
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3. INACCURATE RESULTS

4. INSPECTION FAILURES

5. Professional bodies

6. Bogus certifications…
Eye sore.

7. KENYA ACCREDITATION SERVICE
KENAS is the sole national accreditation body
It is set up under legal notice No. 55 of 2009 whose mandate is accreditation of CABs.
KENAS Carries out accreditation based on:
Government regulations
Regional directives
Requirements for health, safety and protection of the environment
The market and the needs of clients

8. KENYA ACCREDITATION SERVICE
Vision
To be a global leader in the provision of accreditation services.
Mission
Provision of accreditation services that promote fair trade, health and safety as well as protection of the environment.
Motto
Competence in conformity assessment.

9. KENAS- MANDATE
Develop, regulate & review the criteria & requirements for accreditation.
Open, maintain & update the register of accredited CAB’s.
Publish in the Gazette all CAB’s that have been accredited within a particular year.
Promote use of accreditation mark(s) & certificates issued to accredited CAB’s
Promote competence &equivalence of results of accredited bodies.
Establish & nurture relations and co-operation with regional &international accreditation bodies
Promote accreditation as a means of facilitating regional & international trade.
Raise awareness on the importance & purpose of accreditation.

10. ACCREDITATION SCHEMES
KENAS provides accreditation in the following areas:
Medical Laboratories ISO 15189:2007 / 2012
Inspection bodies ISO/IEC; 17020:1998 / 2012
Certification Bodies for
MS ISO/IEC 17021:2011
Persons ISO/IEC 17024:2012
Products ISO/IEC 17065:2012
Testing & Calibration laboratories ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Proficiency Test providers ISO/IEC 17043: 2010

11. The Structure (National)
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIALISATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KENAS MANAGEMENT
ACCREDITATION COMMITEE
TESTING & CALIBRATION
INSPECTION & VERIFICATION
HEALTH & SAFETY
CERTIFICATION
ASSESSORS & EXPERTS
CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

12. The Structure (International)
IAF
ILAC
Regional
AFRAC
EAAB
National
KENAS
CB’s, T&C, IB’s
CABs
Products / Services

13. Internationally recognized National Accreditation Body
KENAS HOUSE
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Work not yet started
Ix - Implementation 0%
KENAS
Key Parameter
yellow
Work in progress
Sx - Sustainability
Mile-stone
Percen-tage
Quality
green
Work nearly finished
Vx - Velocity (p.a.)
13% S
96%
Internationally recognized National Accreditation Body
Mean Value
92%
MS 01
80%
MS 16 P
91%
SI =
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MS 02
90%
MS 17
100% O
84% 30
ILAC - IAF MRA / MLA
MS 03
MS 18
Scope 28
Pre Peer Evaluation
MS 04
MS 19 I
93% 29
Monopole 14
Public Relations 26
Special Courses 27
Client Organisat.
2nd Floor =
MS 05
MS 20 N 12
Quality Doc. 24
Working Groups
MS 06
MS 21 G
81% 11
First Scope 21
Profic. Testing 25
Joint Accredit.
MS 07
MS 22
BSC 10
Personnel 20
Pre-Assessments
MS 08
MS 23
95% F
94% 13
Independency
MS 09
MS 24 C
85% 5
Financial Policy 9
Equipment 19
Metrology 23
Internat. Assoc.
1st Floor =
MS 10
MS 25 H 8
Man. Structure 18
Techn. Comm.
MS 11
MS 26 4
Legal Status 7
Location 17
Training System
MS 12
MS 27
Player 2
Nat. Coordination 6
Director 16
Techn Assessor 22
Control Board
MS 13
MS 28 3
Legal Entity 15
Lead Assessor
MS 14
MS 29 A 1
National Policy
MS 15
MS 30
65%
P = 91%
11%
A = 96%
17%
T = 92%
E = 83%
12%
PE =
TA =

14. WHAT IS ACCREDITATION?
Accreditation is a third party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks.
“Procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out specific tasks” (Definition from ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996)
KENAS is the sole National Accreditation body that provides such formal recognition.

15. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION
In certification, the emphasis is to assess compliance/conformance to a documented system, which could be a management system on quality, environment, health and safety, etc.
In accreditation, the primary emphasis is to establish and recognise the specific technical competence of the conformity assessment bodies and their staff in either testing, certification and inspection.
Technical Competence w.r.t.
Infrastructure: Methods, procedures, equipment, environment
Personnel: Skills and Knowledge.

16. THE ACCOUNTABILITY MATRIX
ISO/IEC 17011
APPLICATION
RECEIPT AND PROCESSING
STAGE 1: DOCUMENT REVIEW
STAGE 2: WITNESSING
REVIEW OF FINDINGS AND CAPAs
DISPOSITION
ILAC/ IAF
The process is carried out by trained Assessors and SME if need be.
Accreditation
Body
ISO/IEC 17020
Ongoing Surveillance
Inspection
Body
M-System
I-System
Peer Evaluator
Re-assessment after 3 years
17020 Assessor

17. It’s impact at County Level
Provides confidence in the conformity assessment activity.
Test results
Inspection
Certificates
Help business to compete- Acceptance .
Reduces duplication of effort
Removes technical barriers to trade- Facilitates Trade

18. It’s impact at County Level
Supports competitiveness & productivity.
Improves turn around time- No re-test
Reduces expenditure/ costs
Provides for County, Regional / International recognition.

19. So what? Need to have at least one Accredited lab in the County
Have budgetary allocation for Accreditation
Seek Accreditation
Be the Champion

20. ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES
Testing and Calibrations: ISO/IEC 17025
There are 16 labs accredited.
Four under assessment.
Many requests under review.
Inspection: ISO/IEC 17020
Two accredited inspection bodies One cross Frontier, one local.
Two under review.
Certification (MS): ISO/IEC 17021
One accredited.
One under assessment.
Two under review

21. ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES
Medical:
One Laboratory accredited.
End term assessment for the 1st Cohort Labs (5) under ASCP
Varied levels of implementation of ISO 15189:2007.
End term assessment for the 2nd Cohort Labs under AGHFP (8) – March 2012.
Comparisons between Mid term and End term.
Level of preparedness for accreditation in some labs evident
Drop in others.

22. Michael Kibet Talam Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) Assistant Director- Certification Tel: