COTU wants ongoing crackdown on illicit brews extended to counterfeit goods

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli

The on-going crackdown on all illicit brews across the country should be extended to counterfeit goods as well in order to protect jobs, revenues to the government and the Kenyan consumers from hazardous goods, Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has said.

In a statement to the media, Atwoli said counterfeits are worse than illicit brews on the Kenyan market today and it is absurd that such goods dominate our markets unabated exposing many Kenyans to hazards, low quality products besides creating unfair competition to genuine companies that are committed to paying taxes to the government.