Somalia has agreed on a barter trade deal with Kenya that enables them to export fish to their neighbouring country in exchange for Khat (miraa).
The deal is part of a landmark bilateral agreement signed by the leaders of these two countries on Saturday.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his delegation reached Nairobi on Saturday to hold talks with his counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta.
The two leader “agreed to facilitate, diversify and promote trade and economic cooperation between the two countries….and directed the immediate market access of fish and fish products from Somalia to Kenya and vice versa and the resumption of trade in khat (miraa) from Kenya to Somalia, to resume with immediate effect.”
“There is a lot to bring us together than to divide us,” President Mohamud said in a joint press briefing with Mr Kenyatta. “The common challenges we have are not limited to terrorism or droughts. We have a lot more challenges.”
