Competition Authority of KENYA

10/08/2026

The Competition Authority of Kenya exists to build a marketplace that’s fair for businesses, safe for consumers, and open to sustainable growth.

Watch the Authority’s Director-General’s interview on NTV Kenya -> https://youtu.be/oQEWpgCS3cA?si=CvlokpyLCJxFMx8s

CAK Director-General David Kemei says cartels and unscrupulous busi...

10/08/2026

CAK Director-General David Kemei says cartels and unscrupulous busi...

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Last week, the Authority held an induction retreat aimed at orienting our newly appointed Board Chairperson, Hon. Hon. Kiraitu Murungi, EBS, and Mr. Eric Korir, Board member representing the National Treasury, with the Authority's mandate, operations, and strategic priorities.

Over the course of the retreat, the Authority's Management presented on our core mandate areas, including consumer protection, enforcement and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, as well as the support functions.

The Board was also briefed about the Authority’s Strategic Plan FY 2023 – 2027 & the recently reviewed Buyer Power Guidelines.

Additionally, the Board received a briefing from the State Corporations Advisory Committee on governance expectations applicable to State Corporations, as well as a presentation from the National Productivity and Competitiveness Centre on mainstreaming productivity within institutional operations.

Hon. Murungi observed that the Authority's work is central to unlocking economic growth for the country and enhancing the welfare of Kenyans, adding that his leadership would build upon the Authority's existing strategic direction, with a focus on strengthening the pace of delivery on its mandate.

Director-General Mr. Hon David Kemei Rotuk affirmed the Authority's confidence in the incoming leadership, noting that the CAK looks forward to drawing on the Chairperson's counsel and wide experience in the ex*****on of its mandate.

06/08/2026

The Authority's Director-General, Mr. Hon David Kemei Rotuk, was last night featured on NTV Kenya, where he offered insights into various aspects of the Authority's mandate, including an overview of CAK's technical mandate areas.

Citing the Authority's recent sanctioning of a steel cartel involving 14 companies, Mr. Kemei illustrated how such anti-competitive conduct disenfranchises consumers through higher prices and diminished quality of goods.

On the subject of unannounced search and seizure exercises (dawn raids), the DG emphasized that the Authority conducts these operations strictly within the confines of the law, ensuring the data rights of implicated parties are respected and that they are accorded a fair opportunity to respond before any determination is made.

He further explained the Authority's penalty determination framework, noting how mitigating and aggravating factors are weighed in arriving at the percentage penalty imposed on an undertaking found to have contravened the Competition Act.

In his parting remarks, the DG urged consumers to always read the fine print before entering into any financial commitments, and, in instances of dissatisfaction with a good or service, to first engage the business in question directly before escalating the matter to the Authority through a formal complaint.

Watch the interview:

CAK Director-General David Kemei says cartels and unscrupulous busi...

05/08/2026

29/07/2026

29/07/2026

The two-day AfCFTA Competition Policy Sensitization Workshop got underway today, jointly hosted by the AfCFTA Secretariat and the Authority in Nairobi.

The workshop, themed "The Road to the Ratification of the AfCFTA Competition Protocol” was officially opened by Ms. Regina Ombam, Principal Secretary, State for Trade.

The PS observed that the conversation around the AfCFTA has shifted decisively from negotiation to implementation, adding that the question is no longer whether the AfCFTA exists, but how businesses, and particularly MSMEs maximize its benefits.

She described competition policy as the invisible framework that keeps markets fair, protecting consumers from unfair pricing, encouraging innovation, and ensuring that businesses of all sizes meaningfully participate in regional trade.

The Authority’s Director-General, Hon David Kemei Rotuk, noted that the promise of a single continental market of over 1.3 billion people is now a reality, but cautioned that open borders without credible competition rules risk becoming pathways for collusion, abuse of dominance, and predatory cross-border conduct that would negate the very gains the Protocol is meant to unlock.

Mr. Kemei pointed to the Authority’s fifteen-year enforcement record, its active partnerships with COMESA, the EAC, and a recent peer review affirming its alignment with international best practice, as proof of Kenya's readiness to lead by example in ensuring the anticipated benefits of AfCFTA are shared by consumers, SMEs, and businesses across Africa.

The Authority’s Board Chairperson, Hon. Hon. Kiraitu Murungi, EGH, grounded the discussion in Kenya's own economic realities.
He noted that Kenya exports more than 70% of its tea to just five markets, a concentration that leaves smallholder farmers exposed to abuse of buyer power and foreclosure by dominant multinational buyers and logistics intermediaries.

A continental competition regime, he argued, working alongside deeper market diversification, is one of the ways to correct that imbalance and ensure farmers and SMEs capture a fairer share of the value they create.

Over the workshop period, delegates from the AfCFTA Secretariat, the Authority, COMESA, EAC, Government, the private sector, legal practitioners, and civil society will deliberate on Kenya's pathway toward ratifying the Protocol ahead of the African Union's end-2026 deadline.