UK-Kenya trade deal ratified overnight despite ongoing legal challenge
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In a surprise twist, Kenyan MPs ratified late on Tuesday evening the Kenya-UK trade agreement, paving the way for a duty-free trade economic framework between the UK and the East African country. The outcome of the vote was only made public yesterday.
Adan Haji, chairman of the Kenyan parliament’s trade committee, reputedly managed to persuade a majority of Kenyan MPs not to block the trade pact, despite fierce opposition from a range of influential parliamentarians in recent weeks.
A press officer at the UK Department for International Trade confirmed to