Manufacturing, finance lead Kenya’s 2024/25 merger activity
CAK received 128 merger-related applications, including 30 merger notifications, 45 COMESA merger filings, 19 exclusion requests, six non-merger notifications and 28 advisory opinion requests...
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Manufacturing, distribution, and financial services led Kenya's merger activity in the 2024/25 financial year, accounting for over half of all applications filed with the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK).
- The CAK received a total of 128 merger-related applications.
- Manufacturing represented 23.5 percent of all filings, followed by distribution at 17.6 percent and finance and insurance at 11.8 percent.
- CAK Director General David Kemei emphasized the authority's role in preventing mergers that could lessen competition or harm consumers.
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