Kenya to sign trade facilitation deal with Somalia
From 2nd left: Kenya's Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Investments, Trade, and Industry Lee Kinyanjui joined by Nation Media Group board Chairman Wilfred Kiboro, Somalia's Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development Mohamud Abdirahman Farah, Governor of Garissa County Nathif Jamah and Somalia’s Ambassador to Kenya Jabril Abdulle cut a ribbon during the official opening of the Somalia-Kenya Trade Week at BBS Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on February 26, 2025.
Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group
Kenya and Somalia are discussing a trade facilitation agreement meant to eliminate irregular non-tariff barriers between the neighbouring countries.
Somalia joined the East African Community (EAC) in December 2023, becoming the eighth member of the regional bloc. But its trade with Kenya is often faced with multiple levies, policy shifts and non-tariff barriers.
