Billions at stake as Kenya negotiates delicate trade pacts

Passengers headed to Mombasa from Tanzania queue to get approval from the immigration department at the Taveta One Stop Border Point (File Standard)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya is standing on shaky ground in terms of bilateral and multilateral trade treaties it has signed with partners owing to some standoff.

Since late last year, the Principal Secretary for Trade Chris Kiptoo has been holding high-level meetings with foreign representatives to make sure Kenya doesn’t lose out on preferential trade agreements signed in recent years.