President William Ruto is scheduled to make another trip to Egypt immediately after the summit he is attending in South Korea.
The Head of State while speaking during an interview yesterday, June 5, on BBC, revealed that he will be flying to Cairo to attend a dialogue revolving around strategising on how to bring peace to African countries experiencing conflict such as; Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Sudan.
Ruto reiterated how perturbed he was by how African countries at war received insignificant attention.
“It was a candid conversation I had, for example with President Biden, and I was very categorical hat it doesn't look fair that the war in Ukraine is receiving attention, the war in Gaza is receiving attention, while the serious situations in Somalia, DRC and Sudan, are not receiving attention,” the Head of State observed.
As a result, Ruto mentioned that (as African leaders) they agreed that there was indeed a need to fast-track peace talks through various forums such as; The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) initiative and the Jeddah Initiative.
He added: “We have those who are in Nairobi to sign a peace agreement between the various civilian groups. And we agreed that we need to consolidate these groups between us and the American group is going to sit down to map out how this can happen.”
President William Ruto announced that the Egypt trip will allow African leaders to align their strategies and establish a way forward for addressing conflict within the continent.
“We also agreed that in the DRC we need to see how to jump-start the dialogue process because there can not be a military solution in the DRC. We need engagement between the groups there,” he emphasized.
At the moment, the Head of State is attending the Korea-Africa Summit in South Korea, alongside 25 African heads of state and government.
What's more, up to 48 African countries were represented at the summit by either a president, king, prime minister, vice president, or minister to discuss, “The Future We Make Together: Shared Growth, Sustainability, and Solidarity.”
On the sidelines of the summit, Ruto secured a Ksh30.8 billion loan from the Korea Exim Bank for the development of the Konza Digital Media City, highlighting a significant milestone in Kenya's collaboration with South Korea.
The funding agreement, signed by Korea Exim Bank's Executive Director and Board Member Hwang Kiyeon, alongside Dr. Abraham Korir, Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs in Kenya's Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, amounts to $238 million (about Ksh30.8 billion).
This substantial investment aims to transform Konza Technopolis into a cutting-edge hub for film and creative industries.
