This archive report was first published on 6 January 2022.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touched down in Mombasa on January 5, 2022, from Eritrea, where he had begun his Africa trip, and was received by his counterpart, Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo.
Mr. Wang is visiting for the fourth time and is scheduled to take part in a series of activities, including a visit to the Kipevu Oil Terminus, a Ksh40 billion ($353 million) facility that was erected by the Chinese recently to aid admittance of larger oil vessels into the Mombasa Port.
He is also scheduled to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta and hold discussions with ministers in Kenya, including a roundtable with Ms. Omamo and other Cabinet Secretaries.
The visit is expected to result in several bilateral agreements, including support for local measures to fight Covid-19 and recovery of the economy.
At the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Senegal last November, Chinese President Xi Jinping had pledged one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines to be delivered to African countries in 2022 and $40 billion additional funding for investments in Africa.
