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Counterfeiting costs Kenya nearly 9 per cent of GDP, new data shows

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Anti-Counterfeit Authority CEO Robi King'a during a seminar on Intellectual Property Enforcement in Nairobi, on November 3, 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Kenya is losing more than Sh800 billion every year to counterfeiting and intellectual property (IP) violations, this is according to new estimates by the Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA).

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