{"id":13683,"date":"2019-03-12T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T07:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=13683"},"modified":"2019-03-12T15:41:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T07:41:39","slug":"pres-uhuru-calls-for-deeper-bilateral-ties-between-kenya-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=13683","title":{"rendered":"Pres Uhuru calls for deeper bilateral ties between Kenya, Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KIGALI (RWANDA), March 12 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta Monday called for more mutually beneficial engagements between Kenya and Rwanda.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President said that the good relationship that exists between the two countries can be made better and more beneficial through people-to-people interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe relationship between our two countries is probably the best,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe more we meet, the more we interact, the better we integrate as a people,\u201d he added.
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President Kenyatta spoke at the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) Combat Training Centre in Gabiro where he addressed over 500 top government and private sector officials who are attending the national leadership retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national leadership retreat is held annually and brings together leaders from all sectors of the Rwandan economy to discuss development programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President, who was on a short visit to Rwanda, said he was impressed by the national leadership retreat concept and promised to consider replicating it in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While citing Rwanda\u2019s top ranking in the World Bank\u2019s ease of doing business index, he noted that the country, under President Kagame, had risen from the devastation of war into a robust economy and a model of progress in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am proud of how Rwanda has emerged from the challenges of its past into a model economy. Rwanda is one of Africa\u2019s shining stars,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President, who earlier held private talks with his host, said that Kenya and Rwanda have been able to achieve a lot together in recent years and challenged the people of the two sister countries to engage more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs governments, we have been able to achieve so much. We have made it easier for our people and goods to move across our borders. We have created linkages in ICTs and in other areas,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on regional integration, President Kenyatta acknowledged that there exist challenges which need to be addressed and called on leaders to work together in fixing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is true that we are faced with some challenges as neighbours and as a region. Through goodwill and good intentions, we will be able to resolve these challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u201cWe need to connect more. Rwanda alone, Kenya alone will not make it but together we have tremendous potential to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Kagame thanked President Kenyatta for agreeing to speak at the retreat, saying the Kenyan leader is a true friend of Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know you can have a brother who is not your friend. In President Kenyatta, I have a brother who is also a friend,\u201d the Rwandan leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On his way back to Nairobi, the President made a brief stopover in Uganda where he held private talks with President Yoweri Museveni at State House, Entebbe. — NNN-KBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KIGALI (RWANDA), March 12 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta Monday called for more mutually beneficial engagements between Kenya and Rwanda.\u00a0 The President said that the good relationship that exists between the two countries can be made better and more beneficial through people-to-people interactions. \u201cThe relationship between our two countries is probably the best,\u201d the President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13683"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}