This archive report was first published on 1 July 2019.
July 1, 2015 - President Uhuru Kenyatta welcomed South Sudan's President Salva Kiir to Kenya for a two-day State visit, the first by a South Sudanese leader. https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/files/2015/08/SALVA-UHURU.jpg
President Kiir was accorded a full State reception, complete with a 21-gun salute at State House Nairobi, before joining his host for bilateral talks. The two leaders led their respective delegations in discussing matters of mutual benefit.
The visit was a culmination of an invitation extended to President Kiir by President Kenyatta during the 17th Annual Prayer Breakfast in May. Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary Ababu Namwamba said the visit would lay the foundation for future bilateral engagements between the two countries.
The Kenya-South Sudan Joint Ministerial Commission had concluded its inaugural meeting earlier, co-chaired by Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau and South Sudan's Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Baak Valentino Akol Wol.
