US mum on Kenya trade pact talks

 Kenya-US Trade conference

President Uhuru Kenyatta at a past Kenya-US Trade conference. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The US is mum yet again on the fate of a free trade pact after top American trade officials and their Kenyan counterparts held talks earlier in the week.

Separate statements issued by both Kenya's Trade Cabinet secretary Betty Maina and her US trade chief Katherine Tai, after a virtual meeting last Tuesday did not provide any timelines for resuming the stalled talks on the deal signalling a persisting deadlock.