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Kenya: SABMiller’s subsidiary fined for engaging in restrictive trade practices
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The competition watchdog has fined the Kenyan subsidiary of British multinational SABMiller $23.7 thousand for engaging in restrictive trade practices by setting minimum prices for its products, TVC News reported on July 13.

The Competition Authority of Kenya has penalised the Ruiru-based Crown Beverages for setting price floors for distributors who supply its products.

Crown Beverages, which is 85 per cent owned by UK-based SABMiller, markets alcohol products as well as Keringet mineral water.

The Competition Authority disclosed the penalty in a Kenya Gazette notice, noting that the beverage maker had committed to stop the practice.

Setting of minimum prices is a form of retail price maintenance (RPM) where by a manufacturer prescribes the maximum or minimum prices that distributors can set on their products.

15 July, 2016
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