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Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi speaks during the opening of the 7th Session of the Kenya-Iran Joint Commission for Cooperation. [@MusaliaMudavadi, X]

Kenya and Iran have agreed to form a joint committee to remove trade barriers between the two countries in the next 60 days.

The move paves the way for lifting a ban on Kenyan tea exports to the Middle Eastern nation, which was triggered by an alleged criminal trade malpractice involving a Kenyan firm.

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