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Nigerian president due in Kenya to bolster ties

Xinhua, January 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is due in Kenya on Wednesday for a three-day visit aimed boosting bilateral and trade ties between the two countries, a government official said on Tuesday.

State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu said Buhari will arrive on Wednesday at Eldoret International Airport in northwest Kenya where he will be received by his host, President Uhuru Kenyatta.

"The two presidents will proceed to Moi Barracks, Eldoret where they will be joined by Somalia's President for a special inter-denominational service to celebrate the lives of our gallant soldiers fallen in Somalia," Esipisu told journalists in Nairobi.

He said the two presidents will hold private talks on Thursday, before a bilateral meeting in Nairobi.

The two countries concluded an Agreement for the establishment of a Joint Commission for Cooperation in July last year.

The Agreement established an enabling framework for enhancing bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including Trade, Tourism, Education, Energy, Agriculture and Technical cooperation.

The two nations have agreed to increase bilateral trade, promote intra-Africa trade and expand opportunities for investment.

According to Esipisu, the growth of business between Kenya and Nigeria has enable Kenya Airways to operate six flights per week to Lagos and three flights a week to Abuja.

"It is these areas of cooperation that President Buhari's visit to Kenya is expected to bolster," the spokesman said.

"With the discovery of viable oil deposits in the country, Kenya has been working on developing her commercial oil production and cooperation with Nigeria will go a long way towards achieving that target," he said.

Kenya welcomed former President Goodluck Jonathan to Kenya in September 2013, and Nigeria reciprocated by hosting President Kenyatta in May, 2014.

Meanwhile, Esipisu said President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of South Korea will make an official visit to Kenya either at the end of April or early May. Enditem