The Kisumu based Chatthe Group of companies has joined Cofek as a corporate benefactor member. The Chatthe Group of Companies comprises 5 companies namely Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries Ltd; Kibos Paper and Packaging Limited; Kibos Distillers Ltd; Kibos Fertilizers Ltd and the Kibos Sugar Refinery Limited. Conveying the development, Group Corporate Affairs Ms Joyce …

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 Created: Thursday, March 25, 2021 NUCLEAR DEAL: Nuclear Power and Electricity Agency CEO Collins Juma, COFEK Secretary General, COFEK and a NUPEA director Teresia Mbaika at a past event. Cofek is now 11 Yours truly, turns exactly 11, on Friday, march 26, 2021 having been registered same day in 2010. It is a milestone that …

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President Uhuru Kenyatta, Friday, announced a raft of Covid-19 containment measures including extending the 10pm to 4 am daily curfew to May 12, ban on all political gatherings for 30 days as well as limiting the duration of funerals to 72 hours after confirmation of death ‘We chose life over economy. As a result, we lost …

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 Created: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Majority Leader Amos Kimunya invoked provisions of National Assembly order 96 to move an early adjournment on debate for approval of Principal Secretary for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms Prof Fatuma Chege after sensing that her appointment risked being shot down. What initially appeared to be a smooth sail for the …

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 Created: Sunday, October 14, 2018 THE STANDARD – Generally, the cost of living – measured by looking at the increase in prices of a basket of goods and services – has gone up by a staggering 265 per cent between January 2002 and April 2018. To fight such a corrosive price hike, most businesses have …

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 Created: Thursday, April 01, 2021 While we welcome President Kenyatta’s appointment of a Taskforce to review the Kenya Power purchase agreements with independent producers, we are concerned that; The representation of the Taskforce doesn’t diversity and particularly fails to include representatives of ordinary consumers who have been shouldering the burden of the Take-or-Pay expensive power …

Open up Ngumi taskforce on reviewing power purchase agreements – COFEK Read More »

 Created: Thursday, June 10, 2021 Yours truly, Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) has a new look, new focus and direction! Africa’s premier consumer protection agency has a new logo and will now focus more on embracing partnerships with Government, Private sector, Civil society and Development partners. “We have come a long way. After our eleventh …

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 Created: Thursday, May 27, 2021 Cofek will soon launch its’ new governance and performance rating tool for service delivery called the Consumer Report Card Forum (CRCF).  We are delighted to announce that the Kenya Pipeline Company MD & CEO Dr Macharia Irungu will, in June, feature at the inaugural CRCF.  After the KPC boss, it is …

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Cofek is calling for partnerships from interested agencies in Government, private sector, civil society and development partners to mark the World Consumers Rights Day on March 15, 2021. The focus will be on tackling the electronic waste challenge. Even after significantly tackling the plastic menace following the ban on non-biodegradable plastics carrier bags, Kenya continues …

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 Created: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 The Privatisation Commission has appointed former Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) managing director Joseph Koskey as the chief executive starting November 1 Mr Koskey who was in 2001 sacked at Kebs after a flawed appointment process by then Indstrialization Minister Henry Kosgei. He replaces Janerose Omondi who held the position …

Former shortlived KEBS MD Koskey lands Privatization Commission job. Read More »