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Kenya, UK trade agreement faces approval setback in Parliament
Tuesday March 09 2021
By SAMWEL OWINO
Summary
MPs have taken issue with a clause in the new trade agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom that bars Parliament from amending or expressing reservations on the pact.
The legislators further argued that the clause violates the provisions of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act 2012 which gives the National Assembly powers to either approve or reject a treaty with reservations.
MPs have taken issue with a clause in the new trade agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom that bars Parliament from amending or expressing reservations on the pact.
UK MPs endorse Kenya trade deal
Thursday March 04 2021
By CONSTANT MUNDA
Summary
United Kingdom legislators have endorsed the trade deal with Kenya after completing scrutiny of the document, paving the way for its enforcement once the Kenyan counterparts approve it.
The House of Lords Britain’s upper house of Parliament completed the legislative scrutiny of the treaty, International Agreements Committee following a debate on Tuesday.
United Kingdom legislators have endorsed the trade deal with Kenya after completing scrutiny of the document, paving the way for its enforcement once the Kenyan counterparts approve it.
The House of Lords Britain’s upper house of Parliament completed the legislative scrutiny of the treaty, International Agreements Committee following a debate on Tuesday.
Farmers sue to stop Kenya-UK trade deal
Monday March 01 2021
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretaries Fred Fred Matiang’i (front) and Betty Maina (third left) led Kenya and the UK in signing a post-Brexit bilateral trade agreement. PHOTO | FILE
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Small-scale farmers opposed to duty free access of some products from the United Kingdom want the government stopped from entering a free trade deal with Britain.
The shareholder growers, under the Kenya Small-Scale Farmer Forum, have filed a petition at the High Court in Nairobi against the Kenyan government opposing the Economic Partnership Agreement with the UK.
This comes just days after Parliament declined to ratify the pact signed between Kenya and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) in December 2020.
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