GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 1024

NOTICE is given to all Members of the County Assembly and the public that pursuant to Standing Order 30 (1), (2) and (3) of the County Assembly Standing Orders, the County Assembly shall hold special sittings at the County Assembly Chamber, 01 Kalou, on Wednesday the 7th February, 2018, at 10.00 am. (Morning Sitting) and at 2.30 p.m. (Afternoon Sitting). The business to be transacted shall be: Consideration of the Nyandarua County Supplementary Appropriation (No. 1) Bill, 2018. Dated the 1st February, 2018. JAMES NDEGWA WAHOME, MR/4 103725 Speaker, Nyandarua County Assembly. Regional sector study on competition in the Liner Shipping Industry terminating at the Mombasa Port, and the Trucking and Haulage industry operating along the Northern Corridor. The main objective of the study is to identify potential competition concerns in the sector. The specific objectives of the study will include to: Establish the characteristics of the participants in the Shipping Industry terminating at the Port of Mombasa, the levels of concentration in the industry, and segmentation by routes and types of services, as relevant, as well as their market practices. Establish the sector players in the landside transportation, their market shares in the different segments and their market practices vis-à-vis competition. Assess barriers to entry into Shipping and Overland Freight, including regulatory barriers, and the costs of doing business. Assess the types of practices which may be undermining competition in these services, drawing lessons from anti- competitive conduct which has been identified internationally, such as cartel conduct in the Shipping Line Industry and Road Freight sector. Provide policy recommendations that can guide the Authority and other relevant government agencies to develop policies regarding competition in the Shipping Industry terminating at the Mombasa Port. 07 Establish the role played by the transport associations and how it affects competition in the two sectors. Assess the factors that affect the liberalization of transport services and the market share of the players within the region. Assess those Non-Tariff Barriers that restrict market access in the region, and recommend how the competition law may extinguish them. Establish the regulatory regime both at national and sub-county level and the effects of competition in the sectors. Assess and establish the level of vertical integration between the two sectors and its effect on competition. In conducting the market inquiry, the Competition Authority of Kenya: Shall hold such number of meetings in such places and at such times as it may consider necessary for the proper discharge of its functions; and May receive views from all stakeholders and receive oral and written submissions from any person with relevant information. Members of the public, with relevant information, may also submit oral or written submissions to the Secretariat within (21) days of the publication of this notice. The Secretariat of the Study shall be based at the Authority's offices located at Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefit Scheme Block "D", 1st Floor, Haile Selassie Avenue, P.O. Box 36265-00200 Nairobi. E-mail: info@cak.go.ke, Telephone +254-20-2628233. Dated the 30th January, 2018. WANG'OMBE KARIUKI, MR14103681 Director- General. GAZErrE NOTICE NO. 1026 THE COMPETITION ACT (No. 12012010) WOW BEVERAGES LIMITED APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION