Why Kenyans need to be more vigilant when buying mobile phones

 On Monday 27th June 2016 Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) led the destruction of an assortment of counterfeit goods including mobile phones worth over Sh100 Million at the EPZ, Athi River. The action which coincided with the celebrations of this year’s World Anti-Counterfeit Day received global accolades, especially from mobile manufacturers, with a clarion call to authorities to sustain the country’s gains in intellectual property rights enforcement. Two months later, the Agency confiscated and destroyed counterfeit goods worth Sh7million in Mombasa, making 2016 one of the most successful years in the fight against counterfeits here in Kenya.

ACA is now estimated to have seized counterfeit goods worth over Sh1.2Billion since its inception in 2010.