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    "content": "We know very well that Kenya’s main agricultural exports to the EU include horticulture, coffee and tea, which you all know is a product that is, of course, very dear to all of us and, particularly, to me since I come from the South Rift. The EU actually accounts for up to 80 per cent of Kenya’s fruits and vegetable sales. It also accounts for 42 per cent of the flower exports. Kenya also imports most of the equipment from the EU. So, the full ratification of EPAs in their current form poses several dangers to the Kenyan agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Whereas the total liberalization of trade may sound attractive; yes, some people may think that, that is attractive, but trade preferences granted by developed countries to products from developing States such as Kenya are still subject to very risky known tariff barriers. One such example is the stringent EU export product requirement that they can potentially lock out Kenya’s small-scale farmers. They have raised their requirements so high that it is very difficult for ordinary farmers in Kenya to meet the standards for their products to be exported to the EU markets. In our last meeting, Botswana said that it"
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