Water is one of the most and essential entity that without people can hardly services as water is used in different places and for different purposes. Water especially for drinking is the most crucial resource that should be more prioritized when it comes to its safety as well as availability. Clean drinking water should be always available since survival can only be possible in environment with clean water for potable use.

This has attracted interest in many organization and the government and has ensured that the people even from the interior regions have access to safe clean water as unsafe and unclean water can be very harmful in the health of human beings. They have initiated projects that ensure that the provision and availability of clean water especially for drinking is assured. For drinking purposes, several companies have been set up to process and package water in bottles after thorough treatment for the assured health of the people. These bottled water is thereby distributed to the market and sold in shops, supermarkets and other products outlets.

These companies treat the water with the most superior and health-friendly chemicals to ensure that it disinfect the harmful organisms that may be present in water before they bottle the water to the commonly known Mineral water. The well-established and trusted companies for the bottling and supply of mineral water include:

Highlands Mineral Water Company

This company is one of the leading companies in the production of soft drinks and bottled mineral water branded as Highlands Drinking Water. This company is situated in Nyeri and has a reputation of high quality bottled mineral water as they offer the drinks and bottled water according to the current trends and updated in keeping up with the situations of the current times. In bottling of water, they cater for the consumers’ needs for long established mega trend of wellness. Currently, the company produce highlands bottled water cordials in Orange, Pineapple, Tropical Lemon and Strawberry.

Coca-Cola Company

Being the well-known manufacturer of beverages in form of soft drinks, Coca-Cola Company also process and bottle water for quenching thirst the healthier way. Their bottled water product branded DASANI is also a well-known brand in the market due to the high quality standards it possesses. Dasani Bottled water from Coca-Cola Company has been presented in various brands to ensure that they cover the taste of all their customers and they include DASANI lemon, DASANI strawberry and DASANI sparkling. Their bottled water products have various packages which include 300ml, 500ml, and many more sizes and the bottles are recyclable and reusable thereby posing more benefits to the users.

USafi Services Ltd

Another company that process, bottle and supply bottled clean mineral water under the brand name Grange Park Premium Water which is naturally purified in the confined aquifers and enhanced by the most advanced state-of-art technology of reverse osmosis and filtration for the production of the best quality of water which is highly purified and is so clear, so safe and very clean. This is therefore for the assured quality of the water standards. This company water product is natural hence they do not have any flavours added to their products.

Excel Chemical Ltd

As a well-established suppliers of the well-known Dilute-to-taste and ready to drink fruit juices in the market commonly known as Quencher, they recently introduced their bottled water product due to the need to provide clean safe and clear water for human use which will not affect their health. Their bottled mineral water branded ‘Excel Quencher Premium Drinking Water’ is processed and packaged in the most clean environment to avoid contamination and thereby presenting the customers with purified using the best technology mineral water with the highest standards of quality.

 

 

In Kenya, tender business is open for every existing and legally registered entity or company. Tender business will always be there for every operating business in Kenya or internationally. When you understand the tendering process in Kenya this takes you one step ahead, who knows you can be the next lucy business man/woman supplying the government of Kenya two million laptops for primary school kids. Supply of goods and services is the key thing in the tendering business in Kenya.

It is important to have ready supply of goods and have good financial  backing. You have to source the goods needed in the appropriate time because failure to meet the rules of the contract leads to breach of contract and it is a court case. Getting ready for the business is the key thing because winning a tender contract in Kenya is as easy as long you are potential.

The main areas of supply will include infrastructure, consultancy, transport, construction, information technology, defense, World Bank, health services, engineering cleaning services, event organization and security services.

You can win tender either in the private sector or public sector in Kenya, it is always good to keep on searching where there is tender, this can be done though website search or using other search tools where tender are frequently advised or physical enquiries. There will be a very short notice given in most tenders for they will need a quick supply to continue with their business operation.

Market your business to the procuring officers, let the companies know that you are there, once you market yourself then in case of any business opening the procuring officer will look for you. According to the tendering law in Kenya, tendering procedure needs a prequalification stage, in this stage the procuring officers lists all the potential suppliers of a certain good or service, they will select some firms then invite them to express their expression of interest. The selected firms will then be requested to tender.

The procuring officer will have several factors to consider the price of the bidders, the convenience, the quality of the good or service and the legal documents required by the law. As a supplier it is always good to research on the quality or the price offer so as to set your business ready.

The public entity will draw the requirements which the bidder must meet in the application for tender; the tender document is prepared and placed conveniently for every bidder to see. Mostly the tender notice will be placed in the procuring office and the tender document advertised using the commonly used medium like the newspaper.

Bids that qualify are put in the database of suppliers and is used any other time they want to purchase, the same procedure is repeated annually or bi annually. Qualification will mean that the supplier is in the best position of winning any tender with the public entity if they apply for tender.

Most financial institutions give tender loans to the qualified bidders with the security being the contract of the tender, they loan the supplier and receive the payment from the public entity on behalf of the supplier, and the financial institution deducts their loan interest and give the balance to the supplier.

The Kenyan government has given special consideration to the minority which includes the Kenyan youth and women. A special percentage has gone to these groups. It is a good encouragement for these groups to register entities and get in to the business of applying for tender.

 

Cooperative societies in the country are rapidly growing to cater for the many number of customers joining them. Members belonging to any cooperative society in Kenya must observe the following principles that govern cooperative societies in the country.

Membership is open and voluntary

The firms are voluntary organizations that allow a person to join them and can be willing to be of great support in propelling the organization forward and ensuring that it achieves its set of objectives. No one is forced to join any cooperative in Kenya.

Democratic control by members

The firm includes democratic control whereby the given members will be responsible for making the decisions as to what areas of life need to be attended to giving each and every person some job to carryout

Economic participation by members

The members are promoted according to the business carried out by the cooperative rather than the capital invested. Each member has equal rights and can be able to take part in the cooperative just like any other person.

Autonomy and Independence

The cooperative will only enter into agreement by other companies basing on the decisions agreed upon by all members belonging to it. Everyone contributes their idea.

Education, Information and training

Members belonging to a certain cooperative always get the desired education from it. The body is responsible for the allocation of funds that can be used by its members to gain further studies and education.

Cooperation

Each cooperative society expects that the available members will work with one another in a friendlier and understanding manner to be able to cater for the needs of the organization. It is therefore important for them to work in unity with another.

Concern

Members of a particular cooperative society are encouraged to be highly concerned about the welfare of others and show high levels of caring attitudes.

 

The government came up with the body of Kenya revenue authority to collect taxes from its people. Taxes play crucial roles in helping in the development of various governments sponsored projects for better performance. Several reasons make it important for taxation to be conducted in the country and the following are some of the major reasons.

Raising revenue

The mount collected from people can be used to maintain the level of peace and security of Kenya and also the social welfare of people. It is important that taxes be collected from people so as to have ways of improving the social lives of people in the various residents of the country.

Economic stability

The government needs to carry out taxation so that during inflation unnecessary expenditure from people can be discouraged at greater levels. Economic stability is well achieved of the Kenyan government has better rates of taxation from its citizens without making the feel to be paying more money.

Protection policy

The government should have policies that can be used to protect local industries hence raises the amount of tax imposed on visitors or any other foreign groups that have interest in carrying out trade with the nation of Kenya. It is therefore important for the government to take the factor more seriously.

Social welfare

Some commodities such as alcohol are harmful for human consumption making it necessary for the government to discourage the continuous use of such products by imposing heavy taxes on those that consume and use it for their own reasons.

Fair distribution of income

The less disadvantaged groups of society have poor access to good facilities due to high rates of inequality in the country. When taxes are charged, it makes it easy for the government to distribute resources that are lacking to the rural and poor areas of the country.

Procurement means to obtain a good or service or source for an item, goods or a service it is universally defined as the acquisition by purchase , rental, lease, hire purchase, tenancy, franchise, or by contractual means of any type of works, assets, services or goods including livestock or any combination. The following are the legal guidelines for procurement in the Kenyan government according to the Public Procurement oversight authority PPOA

 PROCUREMENT REQUISITION FORM

This form should contain the following specifications like state the objective of the works, establish the preliminary specifications, confirm budget availability, indicate authority for procurement and allocate a unique procurement number to be used in tracking and mon

FORMS FOR APPROVAL BY TENDER COMMITTEE

This form seeks approval by the tender committee and checks on the following; request for approval of detailed plans and technical specifications by end user department, request for approval of procurement method, approval of tender report evaluation and contract award recommendations, approval of contract documents and contract signature, request for contract amendments. This is encouraged for the purpose of standardization and ensures approvals by tender committee.

 TENDER EVALUATION REPORT

This is meant for the purpose of standardization of preparations and improves the content of evaluation reports submitted to the tender committee for approval.

 TENDER EVALUATION REPORT

It has two formats for separate financial and technical evaluations to allow for two envelopes tendering this helps to standardize the process and improve the report submitted to the tendering committee.

 PROCUREMENT REPORTS

This to itself is more of a tendency encouraged to be pursued by the government that monthly reports be submitted to the government accounting officer for checkup and auditing.

The Kenya revenue authority is responsible for all the operations that govern the paying and collection of taxes in the country. It is good that the government gets the right type of people to work in the organization so as to get better ways of improving the tax system in the country. The following list comprises some of the major duties of the KRA.

Collection of taxes

The body is responsible for tax collection through a variety of procedures. The body has employed several people to cater for the process. Money is collected in the various business institutions and continues to be important for the government to achieve stable growth in its economic sector. Tax collection is the greatest source of revenue for the country.

Training Officials

New officials in the organization are well trained by the body to have well and various techniques on how they can operate and earn money for the country. Well trained officials make it easy for the country to achieve stable economic growth hence benefiting the tax system. Good experts are found by getting the right type of training upon joining a particular firm.

Determining taxation rates

The body is responsible for determining the amount of taxes to be paid by each body in the country. When the government notes some fluctuation in business, it will try to get the help of KRA officials and calculate the rates that can apply to various business operations and find a stable and convenient way of having a flexible tax system.

Allocation of licenses

Businesses cannot operate without licenses and hence they need to get reliable licenses from the body to be allowed to get and be allowed to venture into business. It is important for one to have the document to be allowed to carry out trade and earn money by have legal businesses.

 

 

Best shopping centers in Nairobi

Sarit Centre

Found in westlands, the place is big with a lot of business products that any customer can buy. Sarit is a good place for one to do their shopping mostly because of the friendly clean environment and the customer friendly services. It is spacious enough to accommodate a lot of residents in one time.

Yaya Centre

The place is big and found around the major areas near hurlinggham. It is clean and has faster operations taking place for the purposes of ensuring that customers are well situated and their needs attended to. The place has customer friendly services and is filled with a lot of products for purchase.

Naivas

The place is popular majorly because of the advert from the famous actor Otongolo.It has continued to rise and many customers are rushing there to purchase their products. Furthermore, it has well trained attendants that listen and responds well to the needs of a customer. Fair prices of various products offered makes the place to be one of the favorites shopping joints in the city of Nairobi. It is clean and well displayed products with their prices indicated.

Mr Price

The place is majorly known by people that like latest fashion trends in Kenya and the world in general. Mr Price has a lot of customers that flood the place every day with each trying to find something good that is of their interest. Fashion designs of the latest trends are well displayed across the window glasses something that draws a lot of attention to any customer that has money.

Bata

It is one of the best shoe industries in the country having the largest number of customers. Bata is well spread across the country and their products are long lasting and durable. It has well trained attendant that treat their customers to levels that make them feel appreciated and encouraged to work with company for a long duration of time.

Kenya Bureau of standards provides lab testing, training and metrological skills, all the goods and services commercialized in Kenyan market should have a mark of quality from Kenya Bureau of standards to prevent consumer exploitation, Kenya Bureau of standards ensures that the raw materials and the final products are tested. This ensures that the products are safe for consumption regionally and internationally.

Application can be done online by filling the forms attached in their website, there are different types of forms according to the need of the client, there is a diamond mark application form, fortification logo application form, training program form and vessel arrival notification form. You can also visit their office in Popo road, off Mombasa road in South C. Apply through The Managing Director, KEBS, Popo road off Mombasa road South C, P. O Box 54974 00200, Nairobi.

Kenya Bureau of standards structure is comprised of four divisions; standards development and international trade union division, Quality assurance division, Finance and administration division, testing, and metrology services division. Kenya Bureau of standards also has a council which supervises and control the administration and financial management of the bureau.

Kenya Bureau of standards has a duty to verify goods before exportation and importation; this ensures that the goods do not have a health impact on the health and safety of the final consumer. Kenya Bureau of standards intervenes in all areas of production including food production, Textile and leather production, Agriculture, Electro technical production, Chemical production, mechanical production, civil engineering, ICT and service sector which involves the tourism, educational and financial services.

Kenya Bureau of standards ensures consumer protection in areas of health, safety, and economic interests. It focuses on consumer rights to quality of goods, on the other hand it helps the production companies to access new markets and free and fair trade in integrated market.

Keeping of standards is a key thing to humanity, a world without standards would be a very dangerous world for any living thing to survive. The right specifications must be set and communicated for the country to operate the right and safe way, thanks to Kenya Bureau of standards for standing out to ensure safety of humanity. Through adherence to safety measures, national wealth and quality of life are improved.

Goods and services which has quality marks provide confidence to consumers, quality awareness is improved among the consumers, the manufactures raise the quality of their production to satisfy the customers, the incidences of sub standards products is reduced, fair trade is facilitated because only the companies which meet the required standards survive, this reduces unhealthy competition.

Kenyans should be aware of their rights, they should purchase goods and services which are inspected and certified by the authorized bodies of inspection, consumers should be aware about the illegality of goods which are not certified, they can be harmful to your health, imagine of the people who perish because of consuming locally brewed beer. Other products like medicine are also dangerous if it is not the certified medicine by the ministry of health. When enrolling for a college make sure that it is ISO certified meaning that it meets the required standards to offer such service, ISO ensures international standard for quality management of businesses. When staring your production business go for inspection service at Kenya Bureau of standards, this will make you confidence in operating your business and open up a bigger market for your goods and services.

Are you truly serious about making money on the internet here in Kenya?  Well, if that is the case, you might have to create a blog or a website for that purpose. Apparently, most of the people in Kenya who are making money on the internet in Kenya today have either a blog or a website. Hoe can one create a blog or a website while in Kenya? Achieving success on the internet in Kenya is not an easy task as many people tend to think; it requires a great deal of commitment and self-sacrifice.

Is there any difference between a beginner and a pro blogger in Kenya?

There is really not that major a difference between a begginer and a pro blogger in Kenya, other than the patience and drive. Even the most successful tech-prenuers in Kenya today started at the bottom and then learnt slowly as they climbed the success ladder. After all, in any case in life, you must start small and then let your website or blog grow your online business in Kenya.   This takes time and a lot of commitment from your side. This is the main reason as to why many people in Kenya normally give up on their websites and blogs.  In that case therefore, the key to succeeding in the online business in Kenya is to NEVER GIVE UP!

Do you want to be a webmaster or blogger in Kenya?

Becoming a webmaster or blogger in Kenya does not necessarily have to be a tedious task as many people in Kenya tend to think. Here is a look at what you need to do to become successful in internet business in Kenya;

You need to have the right kind of mindset. Once you have made a decision on what you would want to become in Kenya- either a blogger or a webmaster, nothing can come in your way. Again, you need to take time and learn from experts in Kenya`s technology field, work hard every other day and never give up on the goals or objectives that you set out to achieve in the first case as a Kenyan. You might have to invest some monies into your blog just to make it profitable over time. Kenyans should also know that with internet business, you first invest your cash, long before the business start giving you back the profits.

It does not matter whether you want to showcase your business messages in the form of a website or blog.  One thing that is for sure is that both of these platforms are quite effective. Therefore, whichever option you choose to settle for, you have to make sure that you are offering your readers fresh content every time they access your site.

Last but not least, you need to decide on a niche in Kenya internet business which you will use to get to your audience. It is advisable to Kenyans to come up with a blog or website which you are definitely passionate about.  If you can take heed of these guidelines of starting internet business in Kenya, creating and monetizing your blog or website in Kenya would be more of a walk in the park. Internet business in Kenya is now easier!

 

The Kenyan market keeps changing depending on a number of issues. It has come to the realization that very few business personnel’s in Kenya know about the various challenges affecting the distribution of products in the country hence end up giving in the huge attempts to carry out business transactions. The following factors affect the consumption of goods in Kenya.

Government Policy

Young entrepreneurs need to check on the various policies accepted and rejected by the Kenyan government. It is good for one to check on what the government is expecting before investing in a certain type of business or simply making a decision that will not lead to one regretting. Policies regarding the Kenyan government are continually changing each and every day and hence one should be careful when setting up business.

Culture and Religion

Some products cannot be sold at certain places as the culture of the people does not allow them or encourage the consumption of certain goods or using some particular types of products’ good example to the above point is the situation in which a person goes to sell pigs in a Muslim dominated area. The outcome is that very few will purchase the product. It is advisable  for one to find out more about a place and the belief of the majority of the people before investing in business at the place.

Prices

The price of a particular commodity can largely affect the number of people purchasing that product. It is important for mangers to find out what their competitors are offering for certain types of products to capture the ones that are running away due to heavy prices. Price comes hand in hand with the taxes charged about various products hence mangers should consider what to do with their price levels.

Availability of Substitute Products

Many products cannot sell at a faster rate as the substitute products regarding them are many in number making it hard for them to enjoy the monopoly of being few in numbers. The presence of substitute makes it hard for businesses to expand hence they should look for better alternatives of handling the market value.