9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
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9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
The Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. Is he in the House? Before he moves, I would like to notify Members that we have in the House the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development, Hon. Betty Maina, together with the Principal Secretary, Hon. Johnson Were. They are at the Speaker’s Benches. They will be observing the proceedings with us. You are welcome and enjoy the warmth of the House. Let us have the Chairperson.
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9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
Chairperson, just move the Motion as it is and then you can say all those other things. As I had said earlier, we have managed to bring all the amendments and wanted to move this Report in its amended form. There are many reasons why we have arrived at this resolution on this EPA. I want to speak on the importance the Kenya-UK EPA has placed on the agriculture sector as well as many other areas of our economy.
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9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
Article 7 of Annex 1 of the Agreement is giving duty free and quota free access to the UK market for Kenyan produced agricultural goods, as is the case with other products except arms. On the other hand, this Agreement under Article7 of Annex 2D subjects UK agricultural products being exported to Kenya to Customs Duty. This is the big difference. The country stands to gain from this arrangement. In other words, the Agreement excludes agricultural products from liberalisation. We will present the list. In the body of the Report, you will find there is a sensitive list of products ...
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