This afternoon President Kenyatta bid goodbye to his friend H.E. Felix Tshisekedi who has been in the country for a 2-day official visit.
Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have agreed to strengthen the existing bilateral relations, for the benefit of the citizens of our two countries.
During his visit, the DRC President held a meeting with opposition party leader Raila Odinga and later on held talks with President Kenyatta at State House.
President Kenyatta yesterday assured his counterpart of Kenya’s commitment in helping the DRC achieve political stability saying that Kenya has learned valuable lessons from past political tensions, which the country is willing to share with the Great Lakes nation.
“Thank you for coming and we are looking forward to strengthening the partnership between our two countries for the benefit of our citizens,” said President Kenyatta.
“We will continue to help you achieve peace and stability because we have had similar experience which we can share. Our country has been able to calm down political temperatures through the famous Building Bridges Initiative,” he continued.
The President said Kenya has for decades hosted Congolese refugees some of whom have since been adopted as Kenyans adding that the two countries have a lot to share in terms of cultural heritage.
“Many Congolese have lived in Kenya and the country has adopted some of the Congolese music which has now become part of our life,” President Kenyatta told his visiting counterpart.
President Kenyatta said Kenya will partner with Congo in capacity building by offering training opportunities to Congolese public servants in Kenya’s training institutions such as the Kenya School of Government.
“Our partnership would ensure that the two sister countries achieve our founding fathers dream of a stable, secure and prosperous African continent,” said President Kenyatta.
Other issues that they discussed include trade and Infastructure. The Head of state said that Kenya is ready to partner in building infrastructure, sharing skills in extractive industry and in many other areas of mutual benefit.
The Kenya-Congo relations will go a long way to boosting development in the two countries.