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Feb,28-2022 06:27:24
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Deputy President William Ruto has arrived in Washington DC ahead of his United States tour.
Ruto arrived shortly past midnight accompanied by politicians allied to his Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
"Arrived safely in Washington, D.C. for a series of meetings.We were received by, among others, Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States, Lazarus Amayo," Ruto said.
In Washington DC, the DP is scheduled to meet, among others, officials of the State Department and the Pentagon as well as the US Government National Security Council (NSC) Advisor.
He will also speak at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and at the University of Arizona’s Washington Entrepreneurship Hub.
The USA leg of the trip will conclude with a meeting with Kenyans in the diaspora.
The deputy president left the country on Sunday morning for his UK and US tour.
Ruto is set to take a 12-day break from active political campaigns to attend to various matters in the two countries.
The Deputy President William Ruto is accompanied by 31 people for a ten-day tour to the US, the United Kingdom (UK) and Qatar.
According to a document seen by the Standard, Ruto and his team will be visiting the USA from Sunday 27, February to Saturday 5, March 2022 and then proceed to the United Kingdom from Saturday 5, to Tuesday 8, March.
Josepha Koli Nanok Governor Salim Mvurya Governor Ann Mumbi Waiguru Governor Musalia Mudavadi Former Vice President Susan Kihika MP Roselinda Soipan Tuya MP Owen Yaa Baya MP Beatrice Kahai Adagala MP Alice Wahome MP Kimani Ichungwa MP Kipchumba Murkomen MP Augustine Cheruiyot Head of Food Security Ali Dau Mohammed Special Advisor Climate Change Reuben Kirwa Maiyo Private Secretary to DP Abdul Khalfan Mwasserah PAS/COP Abraham Koriri Legal Advisor David Mugonyi Secretary Communication Eric Kipkoech Speechwriter Roseline Tingoi Secretary Intergovernmental Affairs William Yampoi Head of Security Hellen Chepkurgat Samoei Private Secretary to Her Excellency Fridah Warue Protocol Elijah Kiplomo Security Rebeccah Nduku Photographer Dominic Muendo Cameraman Philip Muthui Mwinzi Hospitality Nelson Kisali Adeyaa Accountant Mary Patriciah Assistant Director Office Admin According to a statement by the DP's head of International relations Ababu Namwamba, the tour seeks to ‘further strengthen ties with the country’s traditional friends and partners. In his tour, the DP is set to meet and speak to Kenyans living in the diaspora; the USA as well as in the UK. | |||||||||
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Source:
The Star
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