This archive report was first published on 1 July 2021.
On July 1, 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta met with French President Emmanuel Macron at Elysee Palace in Paris to discuss several key issues of mutual interest to Kenya and France.
The two leaders discussed the progress of key France-supported infrastructure projects in Kenya, including the expansion of the 233-kilometre Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Road, which is set to begin construction in September.
The public-private partnership (PPP) agreement to expand the Northern Corridor road into a four-lane dual carriageway at a cost of Ksh160 billion was reached during President Kenyatta’s visit to Paris in October 2020.
Presidents Kenyatta and Macron also discussed cooperation in the health sector, particularly in building Kenya’s capacity to manufacture vaccines locally.
On the multilateral front, the two leaders spoke about the forthcoming Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Summit in London, which will be co-hosted by President Kenyatta and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on July 28-29, 2021.
The summit aims to raise $5 billion in five years for investment in the education of 175 million children in low-income countries across the world.
