President Kenyatta Holds Trade Talks with US Delegation

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday hosted a 60-member United States delegation at State House, Nairobi for talks on how to strengthen trade and investments between the two countries.

Led by Undersecretary for Trade Gil Kaplan, the team discussed with the President ways of sharing information on trade and investments between US companies and their Kenyan counterparts.

Friday’s meeting comes at a time when a team of Kenyan officials is preparing to travel to the US to sell Kenya as a preferred destination for investments ahead of Kenya Airways inaugural direct flight to the US in October 28th.

The two side also discussed the construction of Kenya’s first high-speed expressway between Mombasa and Nairobi by US engineering and construction company, Bechtel.

The high-speed expressway has been dubbed as one of the most important infrastructure projects in East and Central Africa.

The meeting also discussed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be signed between the governments of Kenya and the US to facilitate implementation of key projects under the Big Four Agenda.

On Thursday, the Kenyan government signed deals worth Sh10 billion with the US for several projects under President Uhuru's legacy plan.