Peer Reviews are founded upon the willingness of a country to submit its laws and policies to substantive review by other members of the competition international community. This process provides valuable insights to the country under study and promotes transparency and mutual understanding for the benefit of all. There is an emerging international consensus on best practices in competition-law enforcement and the importance of pro-competitive reform. Peer Reviews are an essential part of this process, as well as an important tool in strengthening competition institutions. Strong and effective competition institutions can promote and protect competition throughout the economy, which increases productivity and overall economic performance.
A peer review is a two‑stage process: first, a report is produced by the OECD Secretariat on the current state of the country’s competition framework and its enforcement practice; and second, a peer review based on the report is performed either in the Competition Committee or the OECD Global Forum on Competition.
This OECD report served as basis for the Peer Review in the presence of lead examiners that took place at the OECD Global Forum on Competition on 2 December 2025. The lead examiners were Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima (President, Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense – CADE), Linsey McCallum (Acting Director-General, European Commission Directorate‑General for Competition – DG COMP) and Doris Tshepe (Commissioner, Competition Commission of South Africa Competition Commission of South Africa). The delegation representing Kenya during the Peer Review session was led by: David Kemei (Director General, Competition Authority of Kenya).
The precise recommendations were developed by the lead examiners, discussed at the OECD Global Forum on Competition on 2 December 2025 and approved by written procedure on 16 February 2026. They have been included as a separate chapter in this report.
This report was prepared by Marcelo Guimarães, Connor Hogg and Saïd Kechida (from the OECD Competition Division), with support by Tominaga Yuichi (on secondment to the OECD from the Japan Fair Trade Commission) and Zeynep Akbas. Ori Schwartz, Antonio Capobianco and Aura García Pabón provided valuable inputs. The report was prepared for publication by Erica Agostinho.
The Peer Review process was extensively supported by the management and staff of the Competition Authority of Kenya, co‑ordinated by Adano Roba and Ninette Mwarania.
This report reflects information provided in:
The responses to the OECD Secretariat’s questionnaire as well as follow up clarifications.
Information collected in the OECD Secretariat’s May 2025 fact-finding mission, where the Secretariat met with the following stakeholders:
The Board, Director-General and staff of the Competition Authority of Kenya
Competition Tribunal of Kenya
National Treasury of Kenya
Central Bank of Kenya
Communications Authority of Kenya
Insurance Regulatory Authority
Public Procurement Regulatory Authority
The World Bank Group
East Africa Community Competition Authority (EACCA)
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition and Consumer Commission
Competition Commission of South Africa (CCSA)
Faith Odhiambo: President of the Law Society of Kenya, Partner at Ombok & Owuor Advocates LLP
Francis Wang’ombe Kariuki: Senior Consultant in Competition and Trade Policy at Bowmans, former Director-General of the Competition Authority of Kenya
Stephen Kiptiness: Managing Partner at KO Associations, former board member of the Competition Authority of Kenya
Professor Simon Roberts: Professor of Economics at the University of Johannesburg and the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development
Professor Reena das Nair: Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg and Executive Director of the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development
Dr Vellah Kigwiru: Friedrich Schiedel Fellow of the TUM Think Tank at the Technical University of Munich
Joyce Karanja: Partner and Head of Competition Practice at Bowmans
Anne Kiunuhe: Partner and Co-head of Competition Law Practice at ALN Kenya
Professor Migai Akech: Professor at the University of Nairobi School of Law
Tamara Cook: CEO of Financial Sector Deepening Kenya
Elias Sang: Chairperson of the Association of Insurance Consumers of Kenya
Ishmail Bett: CEO of the Association of Kenyan Suppliers
Alice Kemunto: Executive Director of Consumer Grassroots Association