NEMA Releases New List of Approved Environmental Testing Laboratories in Kenya

The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has officially designated analytical and reference laboratories across Kenya to undertake environmental testing and analysis under the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act (EMCA). 

In a Gazette Notice dated July 31, NEMA Director-General Mamo B. Mamo said the designated laboratories will provide environmental assessment and analytical services, including testing air quality, water quality, effluent, soil, noise levels, stack emissions and other environmental parameters. 

“ANALYTICAL AND REFERENCE LABORATORIES IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 119 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, the Director General of the National Environmental Management Authority designates the following Laboratories in the Schedule as Analytical and Reference laboratories for purposes of the Act,” read part of the notice.

The designated laboratories are spread across several counties including Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Kericho and Mombasa, and comprise private laboratories, research institutions, universities and water service providers.

NEMA Designates 30 Approved Environmental Testing Laboratories 

According to NEMA, each laboratory has been authorised to analyse specific environmental parameters, with designated officials responsible for signing and certifying laboratory results. 

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Additionally, the authority stated that the laboratories will support Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), environmental audits, wastewater monitoring, and other regulatory requirements that developers, industries, and manufacturers must meet before and during project implementation.

Meanwhile, the institutions designated are:

• Frinconsult Limited Laboratory (Thika)
• Tatu City Water and Sanitation Company Laboratory (Nairobi)
• Mazingira Limited (Nairobi)
• AirSense Environmental Laboratory Limited (Nairobi)
• Quantum Industries Laboratories (Nairobi)
• Twiga Chemicals Industries Limited (Nairobi)
• Kridha Limited Laboratory (Nairobi)
• Imara Analytical Laboratory (Kericho)
• Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Thermodynamic Laboratory (Thika)
• Greenworld Ecolab (Nairobi)
• Skytec Limited (Nairobi)
• Zonal Laboratory Limited (Mombasa)
• Lahvens Limited Laboratory (Mombasa)
• Seniors Environmental and Engineering Limited (Nairobi)
• Airflo Services Limited (Nairobi)
• Aquacheck Laboratories Limited (Nairobi)
• Besure Labs East Africa Limited (Athi River)
• Clarity Standards Laboratory (Nairobi)
• Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) Laboratory (Mombasa)
• Ecoprime Services Limited (Nairobi)
• Melop Limited (Nairobi)
• Bureau Veritas Kenya (Mombasa)
• Intertek Agri Services (Mombasa)
• Instrumentation Engineers Limited (Nairobi)
• TechBio Testing Laboratory (Nairobi)
• Ambiental Laboratory Limited (Nairobi)
• Skyside Environmental SA Limited (Nairobi)
• Tropospace Consultancy Limited (Nairobi)
• Ecores-Environmental Laboratories (Machakos)
• KEMRI Air Pollution Centre of Excellence (Nairobi).

List of Approved Laboratories

The following is the list of approved laboratories and their designated authorities.

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