Dear Listers & Ali:

This is just DOWNRIGHT WRONG! So in essence it’s the US Companies benefitting from the FTA 90% and not the Kenya companies?

Well short of it, am one of the ARCHITECTS of Huduma Centers application which I developed for my PhD awarded July 31, 2006 in the US!

Big fight ensued with a Technology Company in Washington DC that wanted to own 90% of the app at the cost of 10%! I DECLINED and returned back HOME am Kenyan CITIZEN US Permanent Resident since 2001!

That’s pure IMBALANCE OF TRADE! It’s better that GOK owns Huduma Centers 100% hata kama hawakunilipa chochote than have IRISH-AMERICANS owning it 90%!

Challenge those 9 companies add KENYAN-AMERICANS like our Afrika ICT Strategies Inc! Is KEPSA Clean? How many BRITISH-Kenyans sit on KEPSA Board?

Sincerely 

Maria Ngunyi

On Wednesday, September 2, 2020, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Dear Listers. The above refers.

So the Kenya government has been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Government. below is the high-level Vision for the #FTA:-

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 #AGOA and will serve as an enduring foundation to expand U.S -Africa trade and investment across the continent.

Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) in its wisdom chose a number of companies to be in the consortium of the US-Kenya FTA negotiations/conversations.

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 IBM, The Coca-Cola Company, and Citi.

This is like scoring an own goal before starting the game! Or am I wrong? Please explain to me the rationale?

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Ali Hussein

Digital Transformation

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