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Bill to ratify Africa trade pact heads to Parliament

African heads of states and governments during the African Union Summit for the agreement to establish the Continental Free Trade Area in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 21, 2018. AFP PHOTO

By  Lynet Igadwah

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Kenya took the first official step to enter Africa’s biggest trading bloc after the Cabinet used its sitting yesterday to approve a bill for ratifying the treaty.

Last week, President Uhuru Kenyatta joined 43 other African leaders in signing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) pact in Kigali, Rwanda.

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