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Anti-Counterfeit Agency officials display fake phone brands at a past raid in Mombasa. Smartphone vendors in the region lost Sh945 billion in sales revenue due to counterfeits in 2015. [Kelvin Karani,Standard]
Have you bought a trendy phone lately, probably from a high-end shop in town? Chances are that it is fake.
You are just one of the many Kenyans who have lost their hard-earned money following an influx of counterfeit smartphones mainly from the Middle East, leading to massive revenue leakages and an e-waste menace.
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