President Uhuru Kenyatta was last evening hosted at a state dinner by the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde at the Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .
Speaking during the state dinner, President Uhuru Kenyatta called on African leaders to prioritise and fast-track integration processes for Africa to achieve faster development.
President Uhuru Kenyatta also called for the removal of all systemic barriers that hinder the blossoming of people-to-people relations in Africa, noting that Africans must work together as good neighbours and loving brothers to defeat the challenges that suppress the continent.
Earlier in the day, President Kenyatta accompanied Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for the official opening of the Debre Birhan Industrial Park in the Amhara Region on the occasion of national celebrations to mark the Victory of Adwa .
Every year on March 1st, Ethiopians come together to celebrate the historic defeat of colonial forces by their brave warriors led by Emperor Menelik II in 1896 near the town of Adwa in the Tigray Region.