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Tanzanian sues to stop Kenya from concluding trade deal with Europe

Kenya's quest to dose an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union ahead of next year's deadline has run into fresh headwinds after a Tanzanian lodged a civil suit in the East African Court of Justice, seeking to stop it.

Castro Pius Shirima, a law lecturer at Iringa University, wants the regional court to stop the remaining signatories of the pact from penning the agreement that Kenya needs to protect a third of its export market. Kenya and Rwanda signed the contentious deal in September.

Mr Shirima argues in the case, which comes up for hearing next week, that the remaining members of the EAC — Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda and South Sudan — should be prevented from signing the EPA because of the many risks it poses to the region's economy.

He further argues that "signing such an agreement by the second and third respondents (Kenya and Rwanda) has violated the letter and spirit of the EAC Treaty."

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