The Ministry of Health has proposed new shisha control rules that would extend regulation from consumption to the entire supply chain, signalling Kenya’s toughest anti-waterpipe tobacco crackdown yet amid rising public health concerns.
The proposed Public Health (Control of Waterpipe Tobacco Products) Rules, 2026, target importation, manufacturing, distribution, sale, promotion, advertising and use of shisha products, significantly expanding the scope of a consumption ban imposed in 2017.
