The government has revealed that it will be authorising additional international companies that have shown interest in investing in Kenya, thanks to the positive economic trajectory. Speaking on Citizen TV, Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui noted that the move comes as the economy continues to pick up pace, attracting increased interest from international investors seeking to establish a footprint in Kenya. Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui during an engagement with the US Trade Representative, Amb. According to Kinyanjui, Kenya's neighbours and other partners under the pact, such as Rwanda and Uganda, took the painful decisions to ban the importation of second-hand clothes, which spurred their potential under AGOA. Among the agreements the government is eyeing are those with the Middle East, the European Union and individual trade partners.