The Competition Department's primary function is to promote Fair competition and enforce the Fair Trading Act, 2022. As such, the duties of the Competition Department are as follows:
- Investigate, assess and monitor anti-competitive business practices that have the effect of prevention, restriction, and distortion of competition.
- Assessment of merger transaction including local merger application and notifications forwarded by COMESA Competition Commission.
- Promote competition through the publication and dissemination of adverts and posters.
- Conduct market research to understand the pattern of activities in the market, such as pricing and other trading patterns.
