f)
Meraers and Acquisitions
In order to safeguard competition inthe market place, Government will,
if and when necessary, review mergers and acquisitions, including joint
ventures and other forms of business alliances.
g)
Professional Services
In order to ensure that laws such as those which regulate professional
associations and any other laws that have a direct or indirect bearing
on competition do not inhibit the effective working of competitive
markets, Government will include all. professional associations,
whether enacted by law or not, within the ambit of both this Policy and
its related legislation.
. h)
Consumer Protection
i)
Through this Policy and its related legislation, consumers will be
protected from any deceptive and frauqulent behaviour of sellers.
In this regard, the formulation of a Competition Law will take into
account the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act [CAP
42:07] that deal with unfair business praCtices. In addition,
administration of the Consumer Protection Act will be p laced
under the Competition Authority. The thrust of Consumer
Protection under this Policy will include:
aa) Maintaining an institutional emphasis on consumer welfare
objectives;
bb) Reducing the opportunity for business to deny consumers
the benefits of competitive markets in the short-term by
engaging in unfair business practices;
cc) Promoting dialogue betweel) consumers and their
stakeholders;
dd) Providing market-driven inducements to domestically traded
goods and services to meet basic standards of fair trading;
and
ee) Cooperating and networking regional and international
competition authorities and sector specific regulators to
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