Uganda partners with COMESA on Competition and Consumer Protection Laws

BY PAUL TENTENA Uganda through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has signed a framework agreement with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission to strengthen their collaboration in the implementation and enforcement of Competition and Consumer Protection laws. Uganda enacted the Competition Act 2024, and is currently working on a Bill that will establish the Consumer Protection Act. The two laws are intended to ensure fair competition among businesses, safeguard consumer rights, establish redress mechanisms in case of unfair treatment, promote innovation among others. David Bahati Uganda's State Minister for Industry, while speaking in Kampala said U ganda is one of the first COMESA Member States that ratified and domesticated the COMESA Competition regulations that established a regional framework to promote fair competition within the Common Market and ensure the efficient operation of markets. “We are very glad to have pass...