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What trade deal with UK means for Kenya

Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development Betty Maina

Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development Betty Maina with UK's International Trade Minister Ranil Jayawardena during the signing of the Kenya-UK trade deal in London, United Kingdom on December 8, 2020. Also present is Kenya's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Manoah Esipisu. 

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By  PAUL WAFULA  &  Caroline Wafula

Kenyan fresh produce will enjoy duty free export to the UK post Brexit, and secure the Sh220 billion trade with the European nation following a new deal signed on Tuesday.

"This deal is very important for us. We negotiated for duty free, quarter free entry of Kenyan fresh produce into the UK and we got that," Mr Hosea Machuki, the CEO of the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK), told delegates at the Kusi Ideas Festival in Kisumu.

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