HIV, cancer, and tuberculosis (TB) patients in Kenya have called upon the Members of Parliament to review the Kenya-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed on January 14, 2025, citing the lack of public participation.
The patients have faulted the MPs for passing the agreements and then taking it through public participation instead of beginning with the public input first.
This move is worrying more patients who fear it will impact their ability to afford the medication.
Through Eco News Organisation, the patients argue that weakness in the law is allowing the public participation provision in economic agreements to only come into effect after Parliament has signed the agreement, which is costing the lives of Kenyans depending on the medicine to survive.
