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‘Agreement indicates open market with heavily subsidized tariffs for UK farm products,’ argue farmers Andrew Wasike | 01.03.2021 NAIROBI, Kenya Small farmers in Kenya have sued the state at a court in the capital Nairobi in a bid to stop a Kenya-UK trade deal. The farmers, under the banner of Kenya Small Scale Farmer Forum (KSSF), argued that the process of the deal’s ratification is extremely flawed as no public participation was conducted by the Kenyan government before the document was proposed in parliament last week. “The agreement indicates an open market with heavily subsidized tariffs for the UK farm products like chicken, pigs and maize that have the dangerous potential to destroy local production of the very same products,” the farmers said in a statement. ....
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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 Advertisement 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. ....