The Kenya mini-exhibition launched Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, by Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed, generated wide interest and enquiries.
The mini exhibition which wound up on Wednesday targeted investors as well as officials of multilateral institutions attending the World Trade Organization (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference Informal Session.
Speaking in Geneva, Amb. Mohamed said the mini-exhibition typified the unwavering efforts of the Kenyan government to market Kenyan goods and services around the world.
“Trade is an important aspect in our national development. Through this mini-exhibition, a wide array of Kenyan goods and services were displayed,” said Amb. Amina Mohamed.
The Cabinet Secretary said Kenya is benevolently endowed in human capital and natural resources which has enabled the country to produce a wide variety of products and services for export, especially in the agricultural and services sectors.
“Kenya has a diversified production capacity and high quality products epitomizing a touch of Kenya,” said the CS.
“We believe the development of export capacity is an imperative for rapid and sustained socio-economic development,” added the Cabinet Secretary.
Amb. Amina Mohamed however decried distortions in the multilateral trading system that continue to limit growth of trade in many products from the developing world.
The Cabinet secretary cited various impediments to trade including tariff and non-tariff barriers, sanitary and phyto-sanitary standard requirements as some of the key obstacles to Africa’s trade in the global arena.
The CS called for the elimination of trade impediments and expressed hope that the forthcoming WTO Conference in Nairobi will open a new chapter in this regard.
“We hope that the MC 10 will usher in a regime that will be more open towards exports from developing countries,” said the CS.
The Cabinet Secretary further revealed that Kenya will stage a major exhibition during the MC10 in Nairobi in December.
