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The British High Commission has announced a new programme that will allow unemployed Kenyan nurses to work in the United Kingdom, as part of a new scheme requested by the Government of Kenya and launched by President Kenyatta on July 29 during his visit to London.

The British High Commission says Kenyan health professionals and health managers who are out of work are eligible of working in the UK, before returning to work in Kenya’s health sector.

According to the Commission, the special arrangement for Kenyan nurses to work the UK was part of a request by Kenya to capitalize in those qualified but unemployed health workers in Kenya.

The exact numbers of those who will go to the UK – and the process for visas – will however be confirmed in the next three months, according to the Commission.

Kenya embracing new ways of doing business

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Kenya and the United Kingdom signed a new trade deal that guarantees duty-free access to the UK market for Kenyan exporters and vice versa.

The agreement will end the era of doing business through protocols of the European Union (EU)  from which London will be exiting by the end of December 2020.

The agreement was titled: The Economic Partnership Agreement between Kenya, a Member of the East African Community, of the one part and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part. It was signed by Kenya’s Trade and Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary, Betty Maina and UK’s International Trade Minister Ranil Jayawardena in London.

“I am delighted that today we have signed a trade agreement with Kenya. This deal makes sure businesses have the certainty they need to continue trading as they do now, supporting jobs and livelihoods in both our countries. Today’s agreement is also …