French President Emmanuel Macron Receives Uhuru in Paris – LitKenya

By PSCU

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday morning, 1st July, met his French host, Emmanuel Macron, at Elysee Palace in Paris and they discussed several bilateral and multilateral issues of mutual interest to Kenya and France.

The President and his French host discussed the progress of key France-supported infrastructure projects in Kenya, including the expansion of the 233-kilometre Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Road, whose construction will start in September.

The public-private partnership (PPP) agreement to expand the Northern Corridor road into a four-lane dual carriageway and reduce congestion at a cost of Ksh160 billion was reached during President Kenyatta’s visit to Paris in October last year.

Besides infrastructure, Presidents Kenyatta and Macron discussed cooperation in the health sector, particularly in building Kenya’s capacity to manufacture vaccines locally.

On the multilateral front, the two leaders spoke about the forthcoming Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Summit in London to be co-hosted by President Kenyatta and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The summit is set for 28th and 29th July, and aims at raising $5 billion in five years for investment in the education of 175 million children in low-income countries across the world.

President Kenyatta was accompanied to Elysee Palace by Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo, her Infrastructure counterpart, James Macharia, and Kenya’s envoy to France, Prof Judi Wakhungu.

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