The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) is Kenya’s independent, self-funded, multi-sectorial, non-political and apex non-profit Federation committed to consumer protection, education, research, consultancy, litigation, anti-counterfeits campaign and business rating on consumerism and customer-care issues.
The Federation was registered on March 26, 2010. Cofek works towards a fair, just and safe marketplace for all Kenyan and regional consumers in all sectors of the economy.
Cofek is a founder Chair of the Government-run Kenya Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (Kecopac). Our mandate is drawn from Article 46 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the Consumer Protection Act, 2012 and the Competition Act, Cap 504 among other statutes. The legal framework provides high thresholds for consumer protection in all spheres and for both private and public sectors.
As an individual or corporate citizen, everyone can partner with the Consumers Federation of Kenya. We are non-political, non-religious and non-racial. We deal a lot on technical consumer capacity issues as regards Security; Banking; ICT; Roads; Transport; Water; Energy; Agriculture; Education; Tourism; Food; Health and drugs; Supermarkets; Electronics; Environment; Aviation; Automobiles; Insurance; Local Authorities, among others.This is how we can partner with you;
- COFEK member – individual or NSA’s
- Researcher or joint project
- Trainee/Institutions of Higher Learning
- Sponsor for either our training, research and/or other project(s) of mutual interest
- Media