President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday afternoon arrived in the United States ahead of his much-anticipated meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
Kenyatta touched the ground in Washington DC and was received by Kenya’s Ambassador to the US Robinson Githae, Cabinet Secretaries Monica Juma (Foreign Affairs), Henry Rotich (Treasury) and Majority Leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale.
The President and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta landed at Dulles International Airport at 4pm Washington, DC time.
“Arrived in Washington DC for an official visit ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump. I will also meet executives of top US companies to promote Kenya as a preferred investment destination,” President Kenyatta said in a tweet.
In a statement, State House said Kenyatta would also meet executives of top American companies to sell Kenya as a preferred investment destination.
“Cooperation between Kenya and the US in security, governance, trade and investment, people to people cooperation and partnership in regional and international matters will take centre stage during President Kenyatta’s Washington visit,” State House added.
Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma said the meeting between Kenyatta and Trump will be an opportunity for both countries to deepen their historical ties.
“It underscores the importance of Kenya-US relations, a relationship that is historical and that has been growing in both breadth and depth over the years to cover a wide range of areas from security and defence to governance, trade and investment,” Dr Juma said in an interview ahead of President Kenyatta’s arrival.
All this for a 1hr meeting…
All this for a 1hr meeting with Drumpf? How low does he have to stoop? Just do video conference next time in between bouts of tusker badala ya kazi.