The government’s enactment of theAnti-Counterfeit Goods Billsignifies an important step towards safeguarding intellectual property, fostering fair competition, and ultimately, protecting Ugandan consumers. However, stakeholders acknowledge that the true efficacy of the legislation rests on stakeholder collaboration. Fred Muwema, Chairman of the Anti-counterfeit Network says many businesses have to deal with, among others, unfair competition from
Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Authority and UgandanAnti-Counterfeit Network Africa (CAN) held a meeting today “to exchange ideas on how better to improve collaboration in thefight against counterfeit trade with a major call for regional cooperation to tackle the problem”. ACN is a not-for-profit registered entity in Uganda that aims to bridge the intervention gaps between the multiple
The government push towards middle income by having an estimated 5 million working class Ugandans earn a minimum of USD 1,040 p.a (approx. Ushs 3.7M) is an ambitious plan which is desired but may instead benefit counterfeit business in the process. To understand the magnitude of the problem, you need to know that the global
The Anti-Counterfeit Authority Kenya Executive Director Dr. Robi Mbugua Njoroge made a maiden visit to Kampala Uganda under the invitation of the Uganda’s Anti-Counterfeit Network Africa (ACN) to attend various stakeholder forums on regional efforts towards combating counterfeit trade. Dr. Robi attended a number of stakeholder events and visited several government institutions tasked with protection
Mercury Hotel, Upperhill, Nairobi, Kenya. The Anti-Counterfeit Authority of Kenya (ACA) and Uganda’s Anti-Counterfeit Network Limited (ACN Africa) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on April 20, 2023 at Nairobi to strengthen strategic collaboration on matters pertaining to counterfeit goods in the East African region. Speaking at the Press Conference, ACA’s Executive Director Dr. Robi
City businesswoman dealing in Agro-Chemicals has been charged for alleged counterfeiting of a trade mark to sell substandard products. Evlyn Kunahimbire, 35, a resident of Matugga was arraigned before the Magistrates Court at Buganda Road and denied the offences of forging trade mark, selling of goods with false marks, false applying of a registered trade
The past few days have left some Ugandans who know in a spot of bother because of the story of Kenya banning export of Ugandan maize contaminated with aflatoxins. The Daily Monitor online delivered another headline on the 8th March 2021 titled, “Kenya adds Maize, Chicken and Eggs on list of banned Ugandan Exports”. It
Political violence also known as Electoral violence has unfortunately already played and is anticipated to play a major role in determining the feel and outcome of the upcoming 2021 general elections.Whereas competitive elections are by their very nature conflictual processes intended to mobilize divergent views and stimulate political competition between political actors in any given
While responding to the reading of Uganda’s 2020/2021 national budget on the 11/6/2020, President Museveni revealed that some of the 697 people tested recently, had been erroneously classified as having tested positive for COVID19 whereas they were negative. I don’t know why the President was surprised by this phenomenon of false positives (read fake positive