President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Monday, November 4, feted by a US organization.
Uhuru was honoured during the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) 2019 Business Summit held at United Nations complex in Gigiri.
In a video shared by AmCham, a summit official presenting Uhuru with the award observes that his exemplary regional diplomatic and economic leadership in Africa earned the head of state this recognition.
"The award recognises Uhuru Kenyatta as the Champion of free enterprise on behalf of the Kenyan business workers since taking office in 2013," an official in the summit announced.
She went on to disclose that Uhuru's administration worked tirelessly to reinforce commercial cooperation in the US resulting in market access, a more conducive business environment for Kenyan companies and across the East Africa region.
The business summit seeks to promote partnerships to ensure sustainable growth & prosperity within East Africa through trade relations with the United States of America
AmCham, Kenya is a non-profit membership organisation founded in 2005 to specifically represent and spearhead the interests of American companies in Kenya and promote trade and investment between Kenya and the U.S.
The organization is one of the 86 international Chambers affiliated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce based in Washington D.C.
Uhuru who gave the opening speech at the event encouraged investors to partner with the country's Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for value chains prosperity
"I'm convinced that they(SMEs) will act as valuable partners in your business, fill in the gaps in your supply chain and provide support services that you require," he assured.
The head of state also argued that his government had steadily improved the trade and investment environment especially for macroeconomic fundamentals that have remained strong, in bid to make Kenya the preferred destination of choice for investment.
He also made reference to the 2019 World Bank report on the ease of doing business ranked Kenya at position 56 up from 136. Uhuru also pointed out that the country's economy had grown by roughly 5% in the past 5 years.
