State U-turn on changes to Kenya-UK trade deal

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Nation | by Samwel Owino


The Executive has bowed to pressure from Parliament and allowed MPs to make amendments to the Kenya-UK trade deal. However, the changes shall be considered a year after the deal comes into force.

Trade and Cooperatives PS Johnson Weru appealed to lawmakers to pass the ratification of the pact with reservations.

The PS said the memorandum sent to Parliament by Trade Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina barring MPs from making any changes to the pact was not part of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)…

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