
Counterfeit, illicit trade cost the government billion losses annually; ACA reveals
Kenya loses an estimated Ksh100 billion annually to counterfeiting and illicit trade the Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) has revealed. ACA’s Deputy Director-Research and Policy, Henry Maina, said statistics indicate that the government revenue loss was estimated at Ksh129.72 billion and Ksh153.1 billion in 2017 and 2018, respectively. According to the National Baseline Survey on Counterfeit and…