REF: KENYA - BRITISH EU: Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements request.

 

Ms Jane Marriott OBE

British Ambassador.

Email newsdesk@fco.gov.uk

Republic Of Kenya.

Nairobi,Kenya

 

TBA.

Dated 26th January 2021.

 

REF: KENYA - BRITISH EU: Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements request.

Humble greetings, we hope this letter finds you in good health and joyous mood.

Kindly, we note that in the past two weeks, the British Government and several Kenyan representative  on behalf of Kenya Government have signed bilateral agreements.

These bilateral agreement being the sixth bilateral trade deal which allow British and Kenyan companies to expand on purported trade related issues needs clarity.

We note scanty details of the signed Kenya-UK Security Compact which the essence is to deepen collaboration and coordination with the United Kingdom and enable both countries respond better to security challenges including global terrorism.

This agreement comes after British government exits the European Union protocol (Brexit) looks fishy and not well thought off.

The other bilateral agreement between Kenya and British government signed two weeks ago included clauses from the old Economic Partnership Agreements under the European Union.

Notable the two government agreed to protect products from the two countries from the eight per cent duty which will be charged once the UK fully leaves the European Union later February 2021.

A dispatch from the UK High Commission in Kenya said the deal will have entry clauses for other East African Community member states.

The deal seems to be beneficial to the export of Kenyan products such as tea, coffee, vegetables and flowers, while the UK will have free access to import vehicles, pharmaceuticals and paper.

The UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, and formally left the bloc. It had a transition period up to December 31, 2020 during which time it has been signing new agreements to replace deals it had signed with countries under the EU bloc.

In Africa, the UK has already signed five deals mainly through economic blocs, “The UK will always be a champion of liberal free trade that prioritizes the mutual benefits of doing business with integrity,” said Mr. James Duddridge.

Dear Sir/Madam by virtue of  Kenya Constitution Chapter 1.Which states that the sovereignty of the People and the Supremacy of the constitution belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised only in accordance with this constitution, further in line with Article 35 on access to information we  hereby demands the following:-

 

1. We request that you publish previous and current signed bilateral agreements in print and electronic media, detailing the debts and trade deals previously agreed upon and currently signed.

2. You clarify and certify the British Embassy 3 Acre Land offices at upper hill area is not public land courtesy of being Kenya Railway Land.

3.The signed bilateral agreements will not in any way interfere with minerals and natural resources within the country, that in no way will the previous colonial agreements be extended without intervention of County Government's through the Kenya Council of Governors and Senate.

4.That the bilateral agreements will not in any way grant multinational entities rights  to own or manage our National Reserve Parks nor Game and Marine parks, Kenya Airways and National Ports and other state cooperation assets.

5. That natural resources such as Lake Magadi, Lake Victoria and Ngamia 1 oil wells in Turkana region will not be among the skewed agreed bilateral agreements.

6. That the British Government has NO partisan interests in internal self-governance of the Republic of Kenya through the recent Building Bridges Initiatives.

Article ONE of Kenya constitution .Clause 2 sub article (5) States the general rules of international law shall form part of the law of Kenya.(6)Any treaty or convention ratified by Kenya shall form part of the law of Kenya  under the constitution

7. That in NO way patent and trademark of historically traditional products from Africa will be part of the bilateral agreements. Be it in pharmaceutical and farm inputs and products nor greenwashing “Greenwashing” and non-disclosures of harmful environmental trade practices.

8. We need clarity on the bilateral agreement that doesn’t unfairly lock out other European and Asian countries from trading with Kenya.

9. We demand on the clarity on the meaning of terms such as United Kingdom, British Government, Britain, Great Britain and European Union. Britain Constituent countries Engalnd, Scotland, wales and Northern Ireland.

10. That all previous bilateral and multilateral agreements between Kenya and Brexit Countries will be published and made accessible to Kenya citizens.

THAT I confirm that the issues in respect of which the petition is made are not pending before any court of law, or constitutional or legal body.

Kindly furnish us with the above information within 21 Days, in line with Right to Information Act.

Yours petitioner will ever Pray. Dated this 26^th Day of January 2021.

 

Signed:

 

 

Thank You.

Githinji Kamotho.

National Coordinator.

 

-EAST AFRICA CLIMATE CHANGE NETWORK (NGO)

-BARAZA LA TAIFA-Social Movement

Copied electronically to:-

1. Prime Minister H.E Boris Johnson.
2. Council Of Governors.
3. Senate Kenya email.csenate@parliament.go.ke
4. The Statehouse Kenya
5. CS. Interior Dr. Fred Matiangi
6. P.S Karanja Kibicho .

 

 

 

 

Name: Patrick Kamotho Githinji

 Full Address: 8668-00200 

Email: barazalataifa@yahoo.com

                eastafricaclimate@gmail.com