Preliminary registrations, licences and certificates
- Train and Register with Kenya TradeNet System
  - Training on Kenya TradeNet System (KESWS)
  - Register with Kenya TradeNet System (KESWS)

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- Fruits and vegetables
  - Transit of fruits and vegetables through Malaba OSBP
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- Motor vehicles
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Preliminary registrations, licences and certificates

Register with PPB online service portal (For other medical professionals)

Medical professionals dealing with medical devices, food supplements, cosmetics, Non Profit Organizations and development partners products are required to register and obtain credentials to access Pharmacy and Poisons Board's (PPB) online service portal.

Medical device listing

A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, applicane, In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD), implant, reagent for into use, software, material or other similar or related article intended by the manufacturer to be used alone in combination for human beings for one or more of the specific medical purpose (s) of:

Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease
Diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury
Investigation, replacement, modification or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process
Supporting or sustaining life
Control of conception
Disinfection of medical devices
Providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived for the human body and does not achieve its primary intended action by pharmacological immunological or metabolic means in or by the human body, but which may be assisted in its intended function by such means.

Registration of medical devices is regulated by Pharmacy and Poisons Board. who issues a medical device registration certificate. The certificate is valid for five (5) years from the date of issue, and traders are advised to apply for renewals at least ninety (90) days before the expiry date.

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Permits

Import permit for medical devices Importation of new medical devices requires an importer to obtain a medical device registration certificate from Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) who also issues an import permit for medical devices for each consignment. The import permits are processed through the Kenya National TradeNet System (KESWS).

Import declaration form (IDF)

All importers are required to obtain an import declaration form (IDF) for each consignment prior to importation of any commodity. Import declaration forms are processed through the Kenya National TradeNet System (KESWS). Applications can either be made by the importer or the clearing agent appointed by the importer.

Import declaration form (IDF)

Before applying for the IDF, traders are advised to obtain permits/get a go ahead from the respective regulating Agencies for the consignment of import. Also, application for the IDF should be done before goods leave the country of origin.

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Clearance

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Full procedure view - for a first time trader

Medical devices import procedure through Port of Mombasa This procedure sequentially compiles the licences, permits and clearance steps to be fulfilled by a registered business owner importing a consignment of medical devices, of more than $2000 of value, through the Port of Mombasa.

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