http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/184 2026-05-02T20:23:01Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/328 Back to office report: AfCTA-OECD Capacity Building Workshop on Cartel Detection and Investigations Tools Tabitha, Gacembui The workshop represented a critical step in building the capacity of competition authorities in Africa to effectively combat cartels and promote fair competition. By equipping personnel with the necessary skills and fostering collaboration, it aimed to enhance the overall effectiveness of competition enforcement across the continent. Participants were drawn from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and OECD states alongside academics and practitioners who had the chance to discuss various areas of competition law, in a mutual exchange of good practices and ideas. These participants were from countries such as Angola, Algeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Egypt, Tunisia, Somalia, Eswatini, Kenya, Mauritius, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Gabon, Burundi, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi. The resource persons were also drawn from various institutions such as the AFCFTA, OECD, the Competition and Markets Authority, the French Competition Authority, among others. 2025-12-12T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/311 Back to office report: Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) 2025 KCA-KOICA Fellowship Program Okongo, Ronald; Anduro, Mercelline; Muteti, Christopher; Okuom, Rachel; Kathure, Finnian The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) hosted the 2025 KCA-KOICA Fellowship Program: Capacity Building for Improvement and Specialization of Consumer Protection between 8th June, 2025 and 21st June, 2025, in South Korea. The fellowship programme was aimed at building the capacity of the participants from Kenya, ElSalvador and Bangladesh who investigate consumer issues on a day- to- day basis to enhance their abilities in investigations techniques and learn from KCA case handling procedures. 2025-07-22T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/310 Back to office report: Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) training Mburu, Raphael; Sang, Gideon; Ogallo, Joshua; Nyangena, evans The training is aimed at exposing participants with the new economic literature and with the methods used to assess business practices in the context of Competition Law. It also aims to establish a clear link between the new theories and the day-to-day work of practitioners, and this enables participants to face and answer difficult questions in an economically and legally informed manner, about practical issues they come across in their work. 2025-06-28T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/309 BACK TO OFFICE REPORT: 46TH SECTORAL COUNCIL ON TRADE, INDUSTRY, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT (SCTIFI) MEETING Raphael, mburu The 46th Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (SCTIFI) Meeting Was held in Arusha from 6th - 30th of May, 2025 respectively. The Authority was represented by the Director General, Mr. David Kemei and Mr. Raphael Mburu, Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions. The Kenyan delegation during the SCTIFI meeting was led by Mr. Lee Kinyanjui, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary - Investments, Trade and Industry (MITI) and Ms. Beatrice Askul Moe, cabinet Secretary - East African Community, ASALs and Regional Development. Prior to the meeting a national preparatory meeting was convened in Nairobi by the Ministry of East Africa Community, The ASALs and Regional Development (MEAC) on 22nd May, 2025. The purpose of the meeting was to deliberate on the Country’s position for the upcoming SCTIFI meeting. The meeting observed the need to have proper presentation during the SCTIFI in order to ensure that the country position was well articulated and championed. 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/308 BACK TO OFFICE REPORT: 10TH AfCFTA MEETING -COMMITTEE ON COMPETITION POLICY AND FIRST (1ST) AfCFTA MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF HEADS OF COMPETITION AUTHORITIES, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Mwazama, Sylvester After the adoption of the Protocol on Competition Policy by the 36th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, the AfCFTA Secretariat developed draft regulations for the Protocol on Competition Policy meant to operationalize the Protocol. 2025-05-15T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/307 BACK TO OFFICE REPORT: INDUCTION OF NEWLY APPOINTED EAC COMPETITION AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS Competition Authority of Kenya The meeting to induct newly appointed Commissioners of the East African Community Competition Authority EACCA) was held from 3rd to 4th June 2025 in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. The meeting was convened in accordance with the EAC Calendar of Activities for January–June 2025. The objective of the meeting was to administer the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Secrecy to the newly appointed Commissioners and to induct them in preparation for the implementation of their mandate under the EAC Competition Act, 2006. In addition, participants received briefings on the legal, institutional, and policy frameworks relevant to EACCA’s operations. 2025-06-01T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/306 Back to office report: ICN Annual Conference Mwarania, Ninette; Omari, Joel; Kemei, David The ICN Annual Conference was held from 6 – 9 May 2025, in Edinburgh Scotland, hosted by the Competition and Markets Authority. The Conference focused on not only the emerging issues of regulating digital markets and the food and agriculture markets, but also looked at ‘back-to-basics’. The sessions discussed the role of competition policy in driving productivity, innovation and growth, theories of harm in merger review, public procurement and competition and new antitrust regulations, among others. 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/305 Poland/Kenya Capacity Building Visit Report CAK 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/302 Case Handler's workshop Gacembui, Tabitha As part of its 2023 work plan, the COMESA Competition Commission in collaboration with the United States Federal Trade Commission (USFTC) held a regional five-day Case Handler’s Workshop in Lusaka, Zambia from 16th to 20th July,2023. The aim of the workshop was to build capacity of case handler’s in Member States and enhance ability to effectively investigate competition and consumer protection issues. 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z http://192.168.10.53/handle/123456789/301 ICN UNILATERAL CONDUCT WORKSHOP Mokaya, Gideon The Authority participated in the unilateral workshop that was held in Tokyo Japan on 7th and 8th March 2023. The theme of the workshop was “Developments and Challenges of Competition Policy and Enforcement in the Current Unilateral Conduct Area.” The theme was based on the recent developments in globalization and digitalization of the economy in addition to the various crises, e.g. energy crisis, impacting the global economy. The two issues are simultaneously presenting the new challenges to the competition authorities and increasing the importance of competition policy and enforcement developments in the unilateral conduct area. 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z