The next time you order a takeout meal from your favorite restaurant, or buy a soft drink in a plastic bottle, bear in mind that approximately 40% of all plastic produced is discarded after a single use and makes up most of the World’s waste.

A World Bank report on ‘Tackling Increasing Plastic Waste’, estimates that the weight of plastics in oceans will exceed that of fish by 2050 and that there will be about 12 billion metric tonnes of plastics in landfills.

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The Competition Authority of Kenya’s Informant Reward Scheme became effective on January 1, 2021. Mr. Boniface Makongo, Director, Competition and Consumer Protection, discusses the salient features of the program, including its objective and measures taken by the Authority to safeguard the interests of whistle-blowers.

The Authority’s Informant Reward Scheme Guidelines came into force a few months ago. Kindly give us an overview of what they entail and their main objectives. 

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