NAIROBI, KENYA: PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA AND FIRST LADY MARGARET KENYATTA WILL MONDAY 28TH OCTOBER, 2013 MAKE A THREE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO KIGALI, RWANDA.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret
During the visit, President Kenyatta will attend the 3rd Tripartite Infrastructure Summit on Monday. The summit brings together Heads of State of Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and host Rwanda.
The summit is intended to fast-track regional development through infrastructure, trade and economic integration. It is a follow-up to the Mombasa meeting in August where the leaders commissioned Berth 19 to increase capacity of the Kenyan port to serve the entire region.
On Tuesday 29th October 2013, President Kenyatta will join 12 other Africa Heads of State for the Transform Africa Summit, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The conference aims at pooling resources and setting a new agenda for Africa to address development challenges through the use and uptake of ICT and related services.
Other African leaders expected to attend the Transform Africa Summit are Prime Minister Hailemariam desalegn of Ethiopia, Presidents Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, Salva Kiir of South Sudan, Macky Sall of Senegal, Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the republic of Congo, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso and host Paul Kagame.
Source: in2eastafrica.net
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