President Uhuru signs a beautiful deal with South Africa

For all the times President Uhuru Kenyatta has been in power, he has signed a number of deals for this great nation. Apart from China who are now our biggest allies the roots have extended and now we have so many friends.

The South African deal with no doubt most Kenyans would appreciate it. SA is full of beautiful faces that the country would wish to be associated with.

Kenya and South Africa can delve into the exchange of technical skills, Deputy President David Mabuza said in his meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday.

The South African leader said his country has a programme that allows youths to acquire these skills through on-the-job training under the supervision of professionals such as engineers. They acquire certificates in the end.

President Kenyatta and Mr Mabuza discussed youth empowerment, cooperation in agriculture, education and geothermal power generation in their meeting at State House in Nairobi.

Deputy President Mabuza, who was with South Africa’s High Commissioner to Kenya Koleka Anita Mqulwana, termed Kenya a torch-bearer which must lead development initiatives in East Africa.

Mr Kenyatta briefed the DP on Kenya Commercial Bank’s 2jiajiri programme and government initiatives geared towards equipping youths with technical and entrepreneurial skills for their empowerment.

On electricity generation, President Kenyatta talked of the progress Kenya has made towards attaining 100 percent transition to green energy.

President Uhuru Kenyatta with South Africa's Deputy President David Mabuza

The president emphasised that Kenya is focused on moving away from thermal power generation because it is expensive and harmful to the environment.

The president cited the 83.3 Megawatt unit 6 of the Olkaria 1 Geothermal Power Plant, as one of the latest projects that are aimed at boosting Kenya’s generation of electricity from renewable energy sources.

Others include the 310 MW Lake Turkana Wind Power, that is billed to be the largest in wind power project in Africa, and the 54 MW Garissa Solar Plant.

“Currently, geothermal accounts for 40 percent of our electricity. By the time we finish projects that are currently underway, it will be almost 50 percent,” he said,

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