Kenyans face hurdles in search for intellectual property rights

Engineering student Peter Mbiria with his prototype of an all-terrain electric wheelchair innovation last October. PHOTO | FILE

Kenyan innovators burning the midnight oil in various incubation hubs across the country are battling many intellectual property protection hurdles standing in their way, a new study reveals.

Learning institutions and major towns host an army of youth that comes up with tools to solve every day challenges. However, while the innovation pipeline is getting busier by the day, enforcement of laws protecting these creations is relaxed, exposing the innovators to exploitation and outright theft of their ideas.

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