Kenya’s consumer federation
If it cost you money, it is worth reporting.
COFEK takes up the cases Kenyan consumers cannot fight alone — unfair charges, unsafe goods, and services that never arrived. Independent, self-funded, and free to approach.
02 / Investigations
COFEK Watch
Accountability reporting from the Federation’s watchdog desk.
Unanswered questions remain as huge secrecy persists over the planning and rollout of the new police uniforms
Light blue shirt with silver buttons, navy blue trousers, blue aiguillette, Kenyan flag replacing NPS colours, KPS logo, permanent name tag and service number, national flag on right sleeve.
COFEK Moves to the High Court Against KRA Over “Catch-22” eTIMS Deactivations
In a Constitutional Petition filed on 27th August 2026 by Tali Tali Advocates, COFEK names KRA and its Commissioner-General as respondents, with the Attorney-General joined as an interested party
COFEK Moves to Court Seeking Joinder in Suit Challenging BAT Kenya's VELO Nicotine Pouches
The application was filed on 27th August 2026 in Constitutional Petition No. E489 of 2026, pending before the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court at Nairobi.
Devil in the Detail: Questionable Contract of How the $44 for Inbound Travel Insurance is Shared Out
Serious mischief in the Ministry of Health controlled inbound travel insurance charged at $44 per traveller - led by Minet Re and Kenbright Re collected by eCitizen ends up in private pockets through DHA as an unexplained conduit
Why COFEK Is Fighting the Government's Proposed Minimum Fare for Taxi-Hailing Apps
On 4 August 2026, Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir's ministry unveiled mandatory minimum driver take-home figures, part of a wider price-floor framework being pushed into the National Transport and Safety Authority (Transport Network Companies, Owners, Drivers and Passengers) Regulations, 2022 through a new Regulation 14A.
Why Ruto’s planned unveiling of new police uniforms without public input raises more questions than answers
The Head of State set to unveil the new police uniforms on August 27, 2026 at the Kiganjo Police College during the passout ceremony
03 / The record
Filed by the desk
Case 02 of 09
Trunk migration strategy: Liberia accepts 1,200 USA deportees in exchange for lower tariffs and lifting of sanctions
Goon Culture: COFEK Open Letter to H.E Dr William Ruto Urging for Immediate Cabinet Changes
COFEK Drags Weetabix, Brookside, KNDI to Court Over “Fake” Endorsement Seal on Kenyan Breakfast Tables
Why the handling of Kenya’s in-bound travel insurance cover has the making of a huge scandal
When Journalism Forgets Its’ Own Standards: A Critique of the ‘Daily Nation’ “Torture” Story on ex EPRA Boss Daniel Kiptoo
Ministry of Health to Post 6,360 Health Professional Interns to Different Medical Facilities on June 29
Inside Shameless Govt Proposal to Divert Wilson Airport Flight Path into the National Park to Save Rogue and Politically-Correct Developers
04 / Institution
The Federation
Standing that is a matter of record
- Registered
- 26 March 2010
- Standing
- Founder Chair, Kecopac
- Reach
- All sectors of the economy
- Funding
- Independent and self-funded
Where the mandate comes from
InstrumentArticle 46
Constitution of Kenya, 2010
Gives every consumer an enforceable right to goods and services of reasonable quality, to the information necessary to gain full benefit from them, to protection of their health, safety and economic interests, and to compensation for loss or injury.
InstrumentAct of 2012
Consumer Protection Act
The principal statute governing unfair practices, disclosure obligations, unconscionable representations and consumer agreements across the economy.
InstrumentCap 504
Competition Act
Prohibits false or misleading representations, unconscionable conduct and the supply of unsafe goods, and establishes the consumer protection mandate of the Competition Authority.
05 / Opinion
Have your say
What Kenyan consumers think
The Federation runs an open question on the issues it is currently working on. Responses are indicative and are published once the poll closes.
06 / Policy
Consumer legislation
Bills, rulings and regulations that change what consumers pay and what they are owed.
COFEK Watch · 20 June 2026
MV Mashallah Meth Haul: Is Someone Buying Time for a Diversion?
The original June 11 destruction date at Bamburi Cement was set precisely because the court feared…
COFEK Watch · 11 June 2026
Are Kenya’s Dental Graduates Trained Under a Lawful Accreditation Framework? COFEK Demands Answers
Kenya’s Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme — one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious…
COFEK Watch · 8 June 2026
Why COFEK is seeking to join Gambling Regulatory Authority petition, Cites consumer protection emergency
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) is set to file an application to be enjoined as…
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07 / Latest
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- 07Apr 2026EconomyCOFEK to Public Service CS: Gambling does not fit legally in your docket or that of HOPS3 min read →
- 29Jan 2026CrimeCOFEK urges NTSA, police to change strategy in tackling impunity and chaos amongst Nairobi bodaboda riders2 min read →
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