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NAIROBI: When President Kenyatta recently hosted a high-powered US trade delegation at State House, Nairobi, he told them that Kenya should not be looked at as a single market because it is a gateway to the wider Eastern Africa market. "Kenya will play a role in encouraging other countries in the region to partner with investors with good deals," he said.
President Kenyatta, who is the 6th GES co-host alongside US President Barack Obama later this month, made an excellent and even magnanimous point. Kenya is a member of the East African Community (EAC), the regional intergovernmental organisation that also comprises Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda (all of them landlocked) and Tanzania and has South Sudan knocking on its door.
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