Hemi-implicative semilattices (lattices), originally defined under the name of weak implicative semilattices (lattices), were introduced by the second author of the present paper. A hemi-implicative semilattice is an algebra (H, ∧, →, 1) of type (2, 2, 0) such that (H, ∧) is a meet semilattice, 1 is the greatest element with respect to the order, a → a = 1 for every a ∈ H and for every a, b, c ∈ H, if a ≤ b → c then a ∧ b ≤ c. A bounded hemiimplicative semilattice is an algebra (H, ∧, →, 0, 1) of type (2, 2, 0, 0) such that (H, ∧, →, 1) is a hemi-implicative semilattice and 0 is the first element with respect to the order. A hemi-implicative lattice is an algebra (H, ∧, ∨, →, 0, 1) of type (2, 2, 2, 0, 0) such that (H, ∧, ∨, 0, 1) is a bounded distributive lattice and the reduct algebra (H, ∧, →, 1) is a hemi-implicative semilattice.In this paper we introduce an equivalence for the categories of bounded hemi-implicative semilattices and hemi-implicative lattices, respectively, which is motivated by an old construction due J. Kalman that relates bounded distributive lattices and Kleene algebras.