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Tanzanian sues to stop Kenya from concluding trade deal with Europe
From left: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli and Paul Kagame of Rwanda during the opening of the EAC Heads of State and Government Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. FILE PHOTO
Kenya’s quest to close an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union ahead of next year’s deadline has run into fresh head winds after a Tanzanian lodged a civil suit in the East African Court of Justice, seeking to stop it.
Castro Pius Shirima, a law lecturer at Iringa University, wants the regional court to stop the remaining signatories of the pact from penning the agreement that Kenya needs to protect a third of its export market. Kenya and Rwanda signed the contentious deal in September.
