Category: Blog

7 Feb

Should supermarkets offer free shopping bags?

The plastic bag ban in Kenya was one of the highlights of the year 2017. But with stores no longer providing free shopping bags, many are feeling the pinch of the added cost.  About four months after what has been termed as the world’s toughest plastic bag ban, the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) came […]
31 Jan

Fake Drugs Rampant in Developing Countries; WHO says

1 in 10 medical products in the developing world are fake.  The counterfeit drugs industry is estimated to be a multi-billion dollar a year global trade.  These are startling statistics, especially in a country such as Kenya where many people self-medicate. A report released by the WHO on the 28th of November 2017 states that […]
27 Jan

A Kenyan consumer’s guide to tipping

It is not a very ‘Kenyan’ habit. For that reason, here is everything you need to know about tipping. Rumor has it that the word TIP stands for To Insure Promptitude or Performance – that is, a token you give to ensure or acknowledge good service. Accounts say that tipping began sometime in the Middle-Ages, when […]