Kenya has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement reached at the ninth World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in 2013. President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the pact just days before the trade organisation’s 10th meeting is held in Nairobi, making Kenya the sixth African country to ratify the deal. In a statement on the world trade…
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