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UK agrees landmark trade deal with Kenya

CS Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Betty Maina and Interior counterpart Fred Matiangi with Her Majesty Deputy Trade commissioner Rebecca Fisher Lamb in Nairobi.

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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