EVACUATION OF KENYANS FROM SUDAN

The first cohort of evacuees from Sudan were received by Defence Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Aden Duale, Director, Diaspora Affairs Amb. Washington Oloo and other senior government officials from KDF, Ministry of Interior and Red Cross on April 25, 2023. The 39 were all students at the International University of Africa, Khartoum. They were rescued at […]

FOREIGN AFFAIRS STAFF PLANT TREES AT UPLANDS FOREST IN LARI

Principal Secretary Dr. Abraham Korir Sing’oei, on April 21, 2023, led staff of the State Department for Foreign Affairs in launching Tree Planting Day at Uplands Forest Block in Lari Sub-County. Accompanying the PS were Ambassadors, Directors and Heads of Divisions. The event themed, “Towards 15 Billion Trees by 2032.” was in response to the […]

CS MUTUA APPEARS BEFORE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE

On April 13, 2023, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua appeared before the National Assembly Department Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in efforts to fostering an understanding on the role of the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs in Kenya’s Foreign Policy dispensation. The Cabinet Secretary apprised that the conduct of Kenya’s Foreign Policy […]

KENYA – JAPAN RELATIONS

On April 12, 2023, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua met with the Japanese Ambassador to Kenya Amb. Okaniwa Ken to discuss strategic matters between Kenya and Japan including the scheduled High Level Visit to Kenya by H.E. Fumio Kishida Prime Minister of Japan. On observing the significance of the visit by PM Kishida, the CS […]

CS MUTUA AND FRENCH TRADE MINISTER INSPECT PROJECTS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY

The French Minister for Foreign Trade, Economic Activity and French National Abroad H.E. Olivier Becht, made an official visit to Kenya on February 25, 2023 and was received by Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Dr. Alfred Mutua in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. The two deliberated on economic and social development in the country […]

AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS VISITS KENYA

Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua hosted the Australian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Tim Watts on February 20, 2023, where they held discussions focusing on the broad spectrum of issues that underpinned Kenya-Australia Bilateral Relations. In welcoming Hon. Tim Watts to Kenya, the CS acknowledged the significance of Kenya-Australia relations in Kenya’s development agenda […]

KENYA TO HOST THE AFRICAN AUDIOVISUAL AND CINEMA COMMISSION

The Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Alfred N. Mutua and Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, on February 18, 2023 signed a Host Country Agreement between Kenya and African Union (AU), for the operationalization of a Temporary Secretariat of the African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission (AACC) in Nairobi. The signing ceremony […]

KENYA SIGNS THE AFRICAN MEDICINES AGENCY TREATY

On behalf of Kenya, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua signed the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty on February 16, 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. CS Mutua underlined the importance of the Treaty and emphasized the need for Africa to manufacture own medicines including vaccines, so as to be self-sufficient and able to tackle pandemics when […]

BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES MEETS CS MUTUA

Mr. Samburu Wa-Shiko, the Regional Representative of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation met with Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua met on February 14, 2023 at his office. The meeting was a follow up on the commitments made during the visit to Kenya last year by the co-chair, Mr. Bill Gates in November 2022. Mr. Samburu […]

PHILIPPINES AMBASSADOR TO KENYA PAYS COURTESY CALL ON CS MUTUA

Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua was honored to host the Philippines Ambassador to Kenya H.E. Marie Charlotte Tang when she paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Nairobi on February 14, 2023. They discussed ways in which to invigorate bilateral relations between the two countries on areas of trade, security, healthcare and […]