Nairobi, April 3 -- The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) have renewed their turf wars over their respective roles in enforcing market dominance rules in a dispute that is likely to hurt the telecommunications industry.

In its annual report, the CAK notes that proposed telecommunications industry regulations do not acknowledge its role in the determination of market dominance.

This is despite changes by the ICT ministry to the Kenya Information and Communication (KICA) Regulations, 2023 which pushed up the threshold for abuse of dominance from 25 percent to 50 percent as in the Competition Act.

Besides regulations of tariffs, consumer protection, licensing regulations, and radio communi...