Introduction
The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) is a Statutory Organization of Kenya Government established under the Pest Control Products Act, Cap 346, Laws of Kenya of 1982 to regulate the importation and exportation, manufacture, distribution and use of pest control products. 
The act defines a Pest Control Product as a product, device, organism, substance or thing that is manufactured, represented, sold or used as a means for directly or indirectly controlling, preventing, destroying, attracting or repelling any pest and includes:-
any compound or substance that enhances or modifies or is intended to enhance or modify the physical or chemical characteristics of a pest control products to which it is added; and any active ingredient used for the manufacture of pest control products.

Several categories of products are included in this definition viz:- conventional synthetic chemicals, microbial pesticides, botanical pesticides, biochemical pesticides, and natural enemies. The Pest Control Products (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 requires that the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Living Modified Organisms as microbial or macrobial biopesticides shall comply with any other existing laws governing such organisms before an application is made to the Board.

Biosafety is a concept that refers to measures put in place to mitigate or protect human health and the environment from possible adverse effects of the products of modern biotechnology. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety provides a comprehensive and holistic regime designed to ensure that the development, handling, transport and use of products of modern biotechnology are undertaken in a manner that maximizes benefits while preventing or reducing risks to the environment and human health. The Protocol is a subsidiary agreement to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Kenya signed the Biosafety Protocol in 2000 and fulfilled the ratification requirements in 2003. One of the key obligations expected from the Parties to the Protocol is promotion and facilitation of public awareness, education and participation in biosafety activities as stipulated in article 23. The National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) established under the Science and Technology Act, Cap 250, Laws of Kenya under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology is the designated authority that co-ordinates all matters pertaining to biosafety in Kenya. The National Biosafety Committee (NBC) is the technical arm of the Council charged with the mandates of overseeing coordination and implementation of biosafety issues. The multiple roles of NBC include receiving, reviewing and making approval or rejection decisions on applications to introduce biotechnology products for research or commercial purposes into the country.  The NBC platform is a broad one with multi-stakeholder representation. The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS), the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) and the Public Health Department are among the key biosafety regulatory agencies represented on the NBC.