Kenyan legislation
The Competition Act - Exclusion
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IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 42(1) of the Competition Act, the Competition Authority of Kenya excludes the proposed acquisition of joint control of Potato Services Africa Limited by Bigcold Kenya Limited and Agrico Holdings B.V. from the provisions of Part IV of the Act due to the following reasons—(a)the merger will not affect competition negatively; and(b)although the combined value of the parties’ assets, which is higher than the turnover, was more than KES 1 billion for the preceding year, 2023, the target’s assets were valued at KES 302,321,694 which is less than KES 500 million. Therefore, the transaction meets the thresholds for exclusion as stipulated in the Competition (General) Rules, 2019.
Source: Kenya Law · Imported 4 October 2026