Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Saturday affirmed that Kenya will not lift the ban on the export of raw Macadamia to other countries, despite the looming risk of imposition of trade tariffs on Kenyan agricultural exports to China.
Speaking after conducting a tour of miraa farms in Central Kenya, Kagwe maintained that Kenya will not lift the ban, as the country seeks to ensure the value addition of macadamia nuts before they are exported to foreign countries.
According to Kagwe, the government took the policy shift to spur the local economy by creating jobs for the youth in the processing of the nut. ''We maintain that we do not want to export raw macadamia to China.
So even if they put tariffs or no tariffs, that does not matter to us.
