On 8th February 2022, Cabinet Secretary Amb. Raychelle Omamo chaired the 1063 session of the Peace and Security Council on the Urbanization, Women, Peace and Security addressing the nexus between Women, Peace and Security and urbanization. The objective of the session was to explore the role that sustainable urbanization and effective cities and local governments […]
Amb Raychelle Omamo today deposited three instruments of accession to the African Union (AU) office of the legal counsel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The three instruments are: African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG). The instrument was adopted on 30 January 2007 as the African Union’s main normative instrument to set standards for better […]
The 40th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council started on 2nd to 3rd February, 2022 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia to deliberate on a number of issues in preparation for the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union to be held on 5th – 6th February, 2022. This is the first physical Summit […]
Cabinet Secretary, Amb. Raychelle Omamo presided over the launch of the Ministry’s report on major milestones and achievements for the year 2020/2021 on January 21, 2022. Speaking at the launch held at the Ministry headquarters, CS Omamo underlined that MFA remains grounded on His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Foreign Policy Vision which is primarily Pan-Africanist […]
Kenya and China have just concluded their bilateral meeting in Mombasa, Kenya by appending their signatures to six agreements covering their cooperation in the next three years over a wide range of areas from bilateral trade and investments, ICT development, Agriculture and food security as well as general economic cooperation and the provision of humanitarian […]
Kenya and South Africa have signed eight Memoranda of Understanding that seek to enhance and broaden bilateral relations, trade and investments between the two countries. The signing ceremony was presided over by H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and H.E Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa during President Kenyatta’s […]
The Governments of the Republic of Kenya and the United States of America held the second session of the Kenya – United States Bilateral Strategic Dialogue in Nairobi on November 16, 2021. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken discussed strengthening the strategic partnership across […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducted training for Nyanza region County officials on Policy Guidelines on International and Diplomatic Engagements. The five-day workshop was held from October 25 – 29, 2021 at Kisumu County. The workshop was officially opened by Kisumu County Governor, H.E Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o. Foreign Affairs Amb. Gathoga W. Chege, Director, […]
Kenya has successfully concluded her Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of October, 2021, in what proved to be a historic and consequential month for the country’s foreign policy and diplomacy. On October 1st, 2021, Kenya assumed the rotational Presidency of the UN Security Council, a water shed moment in the […]
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau hosted a high-level Blue Economy side event on the sidelines of Kenya’s Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of October in New York, USA on October 15, 2021. Speaking at the event, Amb. Kamau stated that the special event was aimed at advancing some […]
