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.
It was formed under Plant Protection Act, (Cap 324) 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
KEPHIS and Thailand discuss ways of expanding exports of Kenya’s Horticultural Produce
01 March 2021
KEPHIS Headquarters, Nairobi - Kenya's Ambassador to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar H.E. Lindsay Kiptiness today paid a court...
Food Crops made available for Multiplication to boost Government Food Security Efforts
25 February 2021
KEPHIS Headquarters, Nairobi- Seventeen varieties of crops have been released to boost efforts towards the Government’s Big 4 Agenda pillar...
Advertisement - Authorization of Seed Inspectors, Seed Samplers and Seed Analysts
23 February 2021
Under Section 3B of the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act Kenya Plant Health Service (KEPHIS) may authorize competent private or public persons...
KEPHIS sensitizes Tomato and Capsicum Stakeholders on Mandatory Testing for Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) in Tomato and Capsicum Imports
22 February 2021
Headquarters, Nairobi - KEPHIS conducted an awareness meeting with 50 tomato and capsicum seed stakeholders aimed at notifying them on emerg...
Amb. Tabu Irina’s visit to the KEPHIS MD
12 February 2021
Kenya's Ambassador-Designate to Japan H.E. Amb. Tabu Irina, MBS, paid a courtesy call to the KEPHIS MD Prof. Theophilus Mutui where they dis...
KEPHIS Busia Trains Women Traders on East African Community Trade Rules, Regulations and Procedures
09 February 2021
Busia, Kenya – The KEPHIS Busia office held a training workshop for women at the Busia One Stop Border Post(OSBP) on the East African Commun...
KEPHIS and Stakeholders Inputting Comments in the Draft Plant Protection Bill and Regulations
29 January 2021
Kisumu - KEPHIS and stakeholders in the agriculture sector are currently inputting stakeholders comments in the draft plant protection bill...
South Sudan Trained on Pest Risk Analysis
14 January 2021
Ten agriculture officers from South Sudan were recently trained on Pest Risk Analysis(PRA) to enable the country to process plant import req...
Published Article
2020 The International Year of Plant Health
International Year of Plant Health 2020 (IYPH 2020) was officially declared by the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 20th December 2018.
Why an IYPH 2020?
National, regional and global plant health organizations need to raise awareness of the importance and positive impacts of plant health
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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