<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hallo All</div><div><br></div><div>TESPOK is representing local ICT companies in the U.S. FTA negotiations. I will however share the issues that arise here by end of day today so that we can have a moderated discussion to gather input from the greater ICT sector. There are several areas that we can give input on, close to 12 areas.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div><span name="x"></span><div><img src="cid:356f740842c04ed6213844a85b4d516151093a82@zimbra" data-mce-src="/home/tespok@tespok.co.ke/Briefcase/mail_signature-01.jpg" doc="Briefcase/mail_signature-01.jpg"></div><span name="x"></span><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Beryl Aidi via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b>To: </b>tespok@tespok.co.ke<br><b>Cc: </b>"Beryl Aidi" <bee.aidi@gmail.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 2 September, 2020 9:59:40 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kictanet] U.S. FTA Agreement<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Listers<div>My two cents on the FTA .</div><div>The problems with data protection not withstanding, back to the original question Ali asked why there are 9 American companies on the FTA negotiation list; while on the one hand they might argue that these MNCs are also registered here (if that's the case), the bigger issue is what is the real benefit to Kenyan companies. This is reminiscent of the problems that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the EU caused where local producers ended up being disadvantaged getting the short end of the stick of being relegated to raw material providers, no participation and disadvantaged in costs with lack of government subsidies as opposed to the EU producers. As long as this is the case, the local producers do not get value for their produce, with very little value addition, we end up buying back our own products as imported goods when they are sold back to us as finished products. While this consortium seems to have Kenyan companies, it would be insightful to know the composition of those Kenyan companies, and if the 9 MNCs are representative or take the centre stage at the negotiations as Kenyan companies then that is problematic as there is no real negotiations with no real participation of Kenyan companies - still a case of scoring own goals- another short end of the stick to local producers where we remain relegated to raw materials producers and net importers of finished goods. Our industries can't grow under such trade agreements.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Beryl</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 9:03 AM Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Asante Mugambi.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span face="georgia, serif" size="2" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">Ali Hussein</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span face="georgia, serif" size="2" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">Digital Transformation</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>T<span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">el: +254 713 60<span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">1113</span></span><br></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></span></p><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" data-mce-style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></span></span></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial" data-mce-style="font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: georgia; color: black;"><br></span></p><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span><br><span size="1" data-mce-style="font-size: xx-small;" style="font-size: xx-small;">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;font-size:11pt" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size:11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"></span> <span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:48 AM Mugambi Laibuta <<a href="mailto:mlaibuta@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:mlaibuta@gmail.com">mlaibuta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto"><div>California law does not apply to all states. Also have a look at the article I shared </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Data Transfers and the Kenya-US Trade Talks <a href="https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/data-transfers-and-the-kenya-us-trade-talks/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/data-transfers-and-the-kenya-us-trade-talks/">https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/data-transfers-and-the-kenya-us-trade-talks/</a><br><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards,<br><div><br></div>Mugambi Laibuta<br><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 08:46 Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Mugambi</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;">I find it hard to believe that the U.S. has no Data Protection laws. Please expound on this. I know for instance that California has a comprehensive Privacy Act. Here is a link to that. </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/3292578/california-consumer-privacy-act-what-you-need-to-know-to-be-compliant.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/3292578/california-consumer-privacy-act-what-you-need-to-know-to-be-compliant.html">California Data Privacy Law.</a></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;">I guess you are referring to Federal law?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Regards</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span face="georgia, serif" size="2" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">Ali Hussein</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span face="georgia, serif" size="2" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">Digital Transformation</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>T<span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">el: +254 713 60<span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">1113</span></span><br></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></span></p><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" data-mce-style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></span></span></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial" data-mce-style="font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: georgia; color: black;"><br></span></p><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span><br><span size="1" data-mce-style="font-size: xx-small;" style="font-size: xx-small;">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;font-size:11pt" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size:11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"></span> <span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:32 AM Mugambi Laibuta via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto">In a nutshell, with the agreement, there is bound to be challenges in relation to data transfers. The Data Protection Act provides that transfers should be to countries that have data laws similar to ours. The US does not have concrete data protection laws. Will we use the trade agreement to with away our data to a country that has no data protection laws? <br><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,<br><div><br></div>Mugambi Laibuta<br><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 08:29 Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><a id="gmail-m_8466319670925665772gmail-m_4393587966279276504m_556423800182653394gmail-m_-1508351946802769067m_-603931931343503006OWAAM683576" href="mailto:mlaibuta@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:mlaibuta@gmail.com">@Mugambi Laibuta</a></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Please give us some of the highlights...for the quick reader. </div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Thanks.</div><div id="gmail-m_8466319670925665772gmail-m_4393587966279276504m_556423800182653394gmail-m_-1508351946802769067m_-603931931343503006Signature"><div><div id="gmail-m_8466319670925665772gmail-m_4393587966279276504m_556423800182653394gmail-m_-1508351946802769067m_-603931931343503006divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size:12pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Grace Githaiga</b></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size:12pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Twitter: @ggithaiga</span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size:12pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Skype: gracegithaiga</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga</a></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"PT Sans",arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" data-mce-style="color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Sans',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)" data-mce-style="color: #006fc9;"><i><span style="color:rgb(75,165,36)" data-mce-style="color: #4ba524;">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)" data-mce-style="color: #006fc9;"><b>.</b></span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201);font-family:"PT Sans",arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" data-mce-style="color: #006fc9; font-family: 'PT Sans',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><i>the most important office in a democracy is the citizen. So, you see, that’s what our democracy demands. It needs you!----Barrack Obama.</i></b></span></span><br></p></div></div></div></div><div><div id="gmail-m_8466319670925665772gmail-m_4393587966279276504m_556423800182653394gmail-m_-1508351946802769067m_-603931931343503006appendonsend"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" data-mce-style="display: inline-block; width: 98%;"><div id="gmail-m_8466319670925665772gmail-m_4393587966279276504m_556423800182653394gmail-m_-1508351946802769067m_-603931931343503006divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>From:</b> kictanet <kictanet-bounces+ggithaiga=<a href="mailto:hotmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:hotmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">hotmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> on behalf of Mugambi Laibuta via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> 02 September 2020 8:23 AM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> Mugambi Laibuta <<a href="mailto:mlaibuta@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:mlaibuta@gmail.com">mlaibuta@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] U.S. FTA Agreement</span><div> </div></div><div><div dir="auto">I wrote on the aspect of data transfers - <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Data Transfers and the Kenya-US Trade Talks:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/data-transfers-and-the-kenya-us-trade-talks/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/data-transfers-and-the-kenya-us-trade-talks/">https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/data-transfers-and-the-kenya-us-trade-talks/</a><br><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">Regards,<br> <br> Mugambi Laibuta<br> <br></div></div></div></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 08:20 Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><span face="georgia, serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif;" style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Dear Listers. The above refers.</span></div><div><span face="georgia, serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif;" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br> </span></div><div><span face="georgia, serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif;" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;">So the Kenya government has been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Government. below is the high-level Vision for the </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=fta&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6706564288401686528" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:600;border:0px;color:rgb(102,94,208);line-height:inherit" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=fta&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6706564288401686528" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 600; border: 0px; color: #665ed0; line-height: inherit;">#FTA</a>:-<br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <b><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;">To conclude an agreement with Kenya that can serve as a model for additional agreements in Africa, leading to a network of agreements that contribute to Africa’s regional integration objectives. In addition, the goal is to conclude an agreement that builds on the objectives of </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=agoa&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6706564288401686528" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;border:0px;color:rgb(102,94,208);line-height:inherit" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=agoa&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6706564288401686528" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; border: 0px; color: #665ed0; line-height: inherit;">#AGOA</a><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;"> and will serve as an enduring foundation to expand U.S -Africa trade and investment across the continent.</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kenya-private-sector-alliance-kepsa/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:600;border:0px;color:rgb(102,94,208);line-height:inherit" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kenya-private-sector-alliance-kepsa/" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 600; border: 0px; color: #665ed0; line-height: inherit;">Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)</a><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;"> in its wisdom chose a number of companies to be in the consortium of the US-Kenya FTA negotiations/conversations.</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;">Now...Is it just me or don't I understand International Trade? Someone, please explain to me why in that group of companies you have 9 American companies on the list? Including </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:600;border:0px;color:rgb(102,94,208);line-height:inherit" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm/" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 600; border: 0px; color: #665ed0; line-height: inherit;">IBM</a><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;">, </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-coca-cola-company/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:600;border:0px;color:rgb(102,94,208);line-height:inherit" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-coca-cola-company/" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 600; border: 0px; color: #665ed0; line-height: inherit;">The Coca-Cola Company</a>,<span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;"> and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/citi/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:600;border:0px;color:rgb(102,94,208);line-height:inherit" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/citi/" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 600; border: 0px; color: #665ed0; line-height: inherit;">Citi</a><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;">.</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit" data-mce-style="box-sizing: inherit; ;font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;"> <span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;">This is like scoring an own goal before starting the game! Or am I wrong? Please explain to me the rationale?</span><br> </span></div><div><span face="georgia, serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif;" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;"><br> </span></span></div><div><span face="georgia, serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif;" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color:;font-size:14px" data-mce-style=";font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alihkassim_kepsa-consortium-on-the-us-kenya-fta-activity-6706564288401686528-4zlk" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alihkassim_kepsa-consortium-on-the-us-kenya-fta-activity-6706564288401686528-4zlk">Join the conversation.</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span face="georgia, serif" size="2" data-mce-style="font-family: georgia, serif; 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