Why China and India benefit more from Agoa than Kenya

Kenya is one of the 39 Sub-Saharan African countries that have benefited from this Act, which former Us President Barack Obama extended to 2025. The World Bank in one of its reports, Kenya Apparel & Textile Industry, noted that at Sh8.3 trillion, the US is the biggest apparel market.PHOTO: COURTESY

If China is stealing American jobs as US President Donald Trump likes to put it, then Kenya is an accomplice.

Chinese and Indian firms have exploited Kenya's duty-free Export Processing Zones (EPZ) to manufacture garments and export to the United States through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa).