The Head of State received the Chairman of the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition, Marat Omarov, the Akorda press service reported. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Marat Omarov reported on systematic work to reduce the quasi-state sector and develop competition. "With the direct participation of the National Privatization Office, a plan for optimizing quasi-state sector entities and state property objects for 2026-2030 has been approved," the statement said.
The total income of assets to be transferred to the competitive environment will be 3.4 trillion tenge. According to Akorda, special attention was paid to the results of reforming the public procurement system. "The measures taken have reduced the share of single-source procurement from 39% to 24%. As a result, the share of competitive procurement within the overall budget increased to 6.2-8.1 trillion tenge," Akorda said.
The draft law provides for seven systematic directions aimed at increasing the effectiveness of competition policy, strengthening control over monopolized markets, improving antimonopoly regulation, and further reducing the state's share in the economy. At the end of the meeting, the president gave the chairman of the agency a number of specific instructions.