Kenya: Retailers Demand Tougher Enforcement As Illicit Trade Threatens Kenyan Businesses

Kenya: Retailers Demand Tougher Enforcement As Illicit Trade Threatens Kenyan Businesses

Nairobi -- Kenyan retailers are calling for coordinated government action to dismantle networks behind illicit trade, warning that the growing circulation of counterfeit and untaxed goods is undermining legitimate businesses, threatening jobs and exposing consumers to unsafe products.

RETRAK urges crackdown on illicit trade networks, calls for tougher enforcement

RETRAK Chief Executive Officer Wambui Mbarire said enforcement agencies must look beyond seizures at retail outlets and pursue the suppliers, transporters, financiers and storage facilities involved in distributing illicit products.

Retailers Demand Action as Illicit Trade Threatens Legitimate Businesses

The Retail Trade Association of Kenya (RETRAK) has called for a coordinated crackdown on illicit trade, urging enforcement agencies to target the supply networks behind smuggled, counterfeit and untaxed goods. The association wants the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA), Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and National Police Service to establish a joint enforcement [...]

RETRAK calls for crackdown on illicit trade networks

The Retail Trade Association of Kenya (RETRAK) is calling for decisive, coordinated action against illicit trade, urging enforcement agencies to move beyond seizures at retail outlets and dismantl…