Oxford Press Escapes KSh52mn Levy After KEBS Fails to Prove it Was a Manufacturer

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has lost its bid to reinstate a KSh 52.1 million levy demand against Oxford University Press, after the High Court ruled against the standards agency in a landmark case.•The court ruled that while the law casts a wide net over what counts as manufacturing, the standards agency failed to prove the publisher actually carried out any of the activities that attract the charge.