ii)
Legislation related to this Policy and other existihg pieces of
legislation, which have a. direct or indirect bearing on the
Competition Policy, will be harmonised and interfaced in order to
ensure consistency and fairness in their application.
iii) In sectors characterised by economic/commercial activities,
complex science, engineering and technology or having natural
monopoly or other special elements, the Competition Authority
and Sector Specific Regulators c()lIaborate 'and complement each
other.
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e) Structural Reform of Public Monopolies
i)
GOViernment remains fully ' committed to restructuring public
enterprises within the broader framework for increasing the role of
the private sector in the economy. Governme'ntwill,
continue to look into ways of structurally reforming public
monopolies operating in sectors such as telecommunications,
water, electricity and meat export with a view to opening up some
of the services they provide to competition.
ii)
Government will, however, retain monopoly :powers, where
necessary, to provide' major infrastructure facilities whilst at the
same time opening up activities like connection and distribution
services to competition.
iii) In keeping with the objectives of the Privatisation Policy and this
PoHcy, Government will, prior to introducing competition in a
market traditionally supplied ' by public enterprise or monopoly,
undertake a -review of the entity' or entities concerned. Such a
review will take into consideration the commercial objectives of
the business as well as the merits and de-merits ' of separating
any natural monopoly elements from potentially competitive
elements of the public monopoly.
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