Kenya seeks fresh Comesa sugar import safeguard

Trade Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya has once again written to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) seeking protection against importation of cheap sugar from the region.

The move comes just months after Kenya ratified a continental free trade area agreement that allows free movement of goods between African States and in the wake of a domestic sugar crisis caused by importation of large amounts of duty-free sugar from non-Comesa member states.

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