Phone
3rd Floor, Nairobi
Nation Media Group journalist James Kariuki has been recognized in the daily newspaper category award for his consistency in writing about the plight of local manufacturers amidst the scourges of trade in counterfeits and illicit trade in general. He has a firm grasp in writing on trade, manufacturing and intellectual property issues in the Nation Newspaper Daily Edition, Business Daily as well as the online news of the leading regional Newspaper.
In recognition of the valuable role played by various stakeholders, the Agency held it’s first of its kind awards to various categories of stakeholders during the commemoration of this year’s World Anti-Counterfeit Day. The winners who included organizations, companies and individuals were announced in Nairobi on June 26th 2018 at the Laico Regency Hotel.
WHAT: Destruction of counterfeit goods
WHEN: 31.05.2018. At 9.00 AM
WHERE: Envirosafe facility at EPZA grounds, Athi-River
WHO: Mr. Adan Mohammed, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Cooperatives and Industry PS, Betty Maina. Dr. Alfred Mutua, Governor Machakos County.
Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Agency today held a high level consultative meeting to facilitate dialogue between government’s law enforcement agencies, the private sector, consumer organizations and civil society to forge a joint action and collaboration against counterfeits and other forms of illegal commerce.
The half day event was held at Boma hotel Nairobi was graced by the Principle Secretary for International Trade Dr. Chris Kiptoo and was attended by CEO’s and representatives from government enforcement agencies like the Kenya Revenue Authority, the Kenya Bureau of Standards among others.
The Anti- Counterfeit Agency (ACA) has partnered with the Nairobi City County Alcoholic Drinks Control and Licensing Board in sub- county stakeholders’ meetings to create awareness in war against illicit drinks in the county. The two have teamed up in a bid to create consumer awareness in order to curb and regulate alcoholic drinks-a menace that continues to damage families and lives of young and productive youths across the country.
Anti-Counterfeit Agency is currently undertaking Market Research on the following:
We are collecting data from manufacturers and consumers in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru and their environs.
A meeting on promotion of interagency collaboration in the fight against counterfeit goods was held in Nairobi on the 22nd January 2018. Organized by the Anti-Counterfeit Agency, the meeting was designed specifically for national government enforcement agencies dealing with the fight against counterfeits and protection of intellectual property in the country.
The Anti-Counterfeit Agency and the manufacturing sector welcomes the executive order from President Uhuru Kenyatta during this year’s Jamhuri Day address to the nation. He made it clear that the growth of the manufacturing sector is the first pillar among the ‘Big Four’ of creating employment.
The executive order to investigate infringements on intellectual property rights and destroy counterfeits on sight is a pro-growth order since counterfeits are a major impediment to the growth of the manufacturing sector.
Plant for bottling counterfeit alcohol raided as Anti-Counterfeit inspectors seized over 50,000 litres of fake spirits with a street value KSH 40 Million.
Inspectors from the Anti-Counterfeit Agency raided a home at the outskirts of Laare town in Meru County and arrested six people in an undercover operation. Around 50,000 LITRES worth KSH 40 Million of five different trademarks of spirits were seized from the premises on a farm yesterday evening.
Manufacturers decry rise in counterfeits as agency calls for more collaboration as Agency calls for deeper collaboration in fight against Counterfeit trade.
The Anti-Counterfeit Agency held a manufacturers forum at its headquarters in Nairobi where manufacturers and innovators came together in an incisive engagement to discuss better ways of engagement in the fight against counterfeits.
In alignment with our commitment to corporate social responsibility, this year, the agency was involved in planting trees at the counterfeit destruction site owned by Envirosafe EPZ Athi-River in Machakos County. On the sunny day of 21st July, the day of counterfeit destruction, amidst the bellowing smoke above the burning kilns, a group of close to 80 participants planted trees around the site.
In a high profile destruction of counterfeits event, the Agency destroyed counterfeit goods worth approximately Kshs.24.5 million at Envirosafe Waste Handlers, EPZ grounds in Athi-River Machakos County.
We are delighted to officially announce the launch of our Strategic Plan for 2017-2022 that has set out both our direction and plan for the next five years. The journey towards the launch of the strategic plan (SP) began in May, 2015 with consultancy from the Kenya School of Government.
Our partnership with the People’s Republic of China saw the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi sponsor 8 members of ACA staff to attend a seminar in Beijing.
The seminar is part of the Human Resource Development Cooperation programs in the framework of China's foreign aid for officials from developing countries.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Elema Halake as the new Executive Director of the Anti-Counterfeit Agency, effective Friday, May 13, 2017.
The Agency through invitation from Ugandan Anti-Counterfeit Network (ACN) participated in a high-ranking advocacy meeting in Kampala, Uganda. ACN are the local caucus of anti-counterfeiting bodies drawn from the public and private sector that advocate for increased recognition of intellectual property laws in Uganda by policy makers.
Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA)
National Water Plaza
3rd Flr, Dunga Rd Industrial Area,
P.O. Box, 47771-00100 (GPO), Nairobi, Kenya.
................................
Email:
Phone: +254 20-2280000
Mobile: +254 717 430 640
