Trade Cabinet Secretary, Moses Kuria, is to accompany President William Ruto to the US to meet the country's head of state, Joe Biden.
Kuria, on Friday, November 4, stated that the meeting was scheduled to take place on the sidelines of the US Africa summit in December 2022.
The high-profile meeting will come a few days after Kuria virtually met the White House Trade Chief and US Trade Representative, Katherine Tai.
Kuria and the US officials discussed ways to foster trade and partnerships.
“We discussed various ways through which we will develop trade and investment relations between Kenya and the United States under our Strategic Trade and Investment Programme (STIP),” stated Kuria.
On her part, U Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, congratulated Kuria on his appointment to head the trade docket.
“It was an honour to head the presidential delegation to President Ruto’s inauguration on September 13, 2022 and to meet with him to learn his vision for Kenya,” read part of the statement.
Tai added that she outlined opportunities that expand bilateral trade with broadly shared benefits, including women, youth and others in the trade, supporting micro, small and medium enterprises, and advancing African continental trade integration.
Kuria’s recently promised to empower local industries to reduce over-dependence on imports.
The trade CS is categorically interested in making locally produced apparel affordable to Kenyans.
His vision was also shared by President William Ruto, who assured Kenyans that his government will prioritise the value addition of locally produced goods.
