IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sections 27 of the Kenya Information
and Communications Act, 1998, the Minister for Information and
Communications, in consultation with the Communications Commission of Kenya,
makes the following
Regulations:—
THE KENYA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
(IMPORTATION, TYPE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS, 2010
1. Citation.
These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Information and Communications
(Importation, Type Approval and Distribution of Communications Equipment)
Regulations, 2010.
2. Interpretation.
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“communication equipment” means telecommunication equipment, radio
communication equipment or broadcasting apparatus;
“national standards” means the Kenya standards established by consensus and
approved by the Kenya Bureau of Standards, that provide, for common and
repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products and services and
related processes or production methods, aimed at achieving the optimum degree
of order in a given context including terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or
labeling requirements as they apply to a product, process or production method;
“operating network” means a network that can carry communications traffic in the
form of voice or data;
“service provider” means a person providing communication services under the
Act;
“type acceptance” means the process of evaluating communications equipment that
has been type approved by a recognized foreign national regulatory authority with
a view to ensure conformity of such equipment to national standards;
“type approval” means a method of checking the compatibility of communications
equipment with any operating communication network and the conformance of