US flags Kenya as booming market for counterfeit goods

Anti-Counterfeit Agency Coast regional boss Mr Yusuf Osman showing journalists some of the goods they impounded as counterfeit at one of the Mombasa Container Freight Station (CFS) on June 19, 2018.

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The United States has named Kenya among the leading markets for fake goods, exposing consumers to safety and health dangers and denying American firms and government revenues.

The Donald Trump administration said in a report released on Tuesday that ineffective or inadequate intellectual property (IP) enforcement systems in the East African country are facilitating the entry of counterfeited goods largely from global manufacturing hubs in China, India, Turkey, and Vietnam.

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