Importers race to beat anti-counterfeits law July 1 deadline
Anti Counterfeit Authority (ACA) Chair Flora Mutahi speaking during the commemoration of the World Anti- Counterfeit Day at the College of Insurance South C, Nairobi on June 24, 2021.
Anti-Counterfeit Authority directs traders to list intellectual rights of incoming goods.
Failure by importers to adhere to this requirement will result in prosecution and penalties.
Importers and their agents are caught in a compliance race after the Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) yesterday set a July 1, 2022 deadline to register the intellectual rights (IPRs) on all goods to be shipped into Kenya.
The agency said the IPRs of all goods imported into the country will be mandatorily registered with it irrespective of their place of origin as part of a strategy to deal with rising trade in counterfeits in the country.
