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    "content": "Hon. Members, Kenya is also enjoying greater diplomatic goodwill and deeper international friendships than at any other time in our history. We are engaging with the United Kingdom to evolve an arrangement that will guarantee us continued access to the United Kingdom Market, following its exit from the European Union (UK). Similarly, we are proactively consulting with the United States of America (USA) for a solution that will ensure Kenya’s continued access to the USA market beyond 2025, when the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) comes to an end without the need for that Pact’s further renewal. Apart from deepening our cooperation with our traditional partners, we have sought to unveil new frontiers for mutually beneficial cooperation with countries in Eastern Europe, the Asia-Pacific Region as well as the Caribbean. I am pleased to report to this House that last year, Kenya assumed the Presidency of the Orgnazation of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OAPS) for the period 2019- 2023. Based on our strong conviction that we should leverage our rich experience and leadership to articulate Africa’s issues in the global arena, we offered our candidature for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2021-2022. We obtained the overwhelming endorsement by the African Union (AU), which was reaffirmed during the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government that took place in Addis Ababa in February, 2020. I am pleased to report that when the elections were held in June this year, Kenya was elected as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for the period 2021-2022. Being a member of the most influential body of the United Nations (UN) gives Kenya the opportunity to play a more significant role in the pursuit of peace and security. I wish to thank the AU for its support, as well as the many friendly nations across the world who voted for us. This is, indeed, a big win for Kenya and Africa. Hon. Members, I will conclude my remarks today by touching on the deliberate steps that we have taken to place Kenya on a path to greater national unity, inclusivity, peace and reconciliation. In March, 2018, the former Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga and I launched the Building Bridges to a New Kenyan Nation Initiative."
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