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Kenya, UK closer to inking Sh200b deal

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i briefs the media as UK Deputy Trade Commissioner Rebecca Fisher Lamb and Industrialisation CS Betty Maina look on after signing of the deal. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Kenya has inched closer to signing a post-Brexit deal with the United Kingdom that will expand bilateral trade between them, now valued at Sh200 billion annually.

This is after top officials met yesterday to finalise the UK-Kenya Free Trade Agreement, which guarantees tariff-free access to both markets.

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