Angry KOT react to Kenyatta’s announced visit to China

 

Kenyans on twitter do not seem impressed with the announcement of President Kenyatta’s visit to China. The announcement was made on Thursday during a Cabinet meeting.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to  lead a delegation of horticultural farmers and traders to China in November this year for the 1st Shanghai Import Expo during which a number of trade deals will be negotiated and sealed.

Main agenda of this visit (as captured by citizen digital)

The signing of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary deal between Kenya and China that will open doors for over 40 percent of Kenya’s fresh produce including avocado, mangoes and cashew nuts into the expansive Chinese market.

The Agreement will also allow for the export of stevia, a sweetener largely grown in the Rift Valley, into the Chinese market.

Signing of an MOU for the establishment of a trade negotiation working group whose mandate will be to negotiate trade tariffs especially on Kenya’s tea and coffee exports to China as well as explore additional market for the country’s cash crops.

Kenyans have complained about this visit saying that Kenya is already in debt and this move raises a lot of concern. Have a look at the reactions.

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