Reprieve as US spares Kenya Agoa ejection

Industrialisation secretary Adan Mohammed tries his hand on a sewing machine during a tour of an EPZ on Thika Road in January. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya no longer faces loss of duty-free access to the United States under Agoa trade benefits in relation to East Africa ban of used clothing or mitumba, US officials announced on Tuesday.

Washington’s top trade agency affirmed, however, that three other East African Community (EAC) member states — Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda — must undergo an assessment of their Agoa eligibility status that could result in their ejection from the preferential trade programme.

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