President Uhuru Kenyatta. PHOTO | FILE
By SANDRA CHAO-BLASTO
President Uhuru Kenyatta is Monday expected to hold roundtable meetings with French investors after arriving in Paris last night.
The meetings underscored by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are part of the...
itinerary for his two day state visit.Key among them is the meeting with the Secretary General of the Rungis International Market and Pierre Gattaz, the President of MEDEF, the 800,000 member-strong network of leading French entrepreneurs.
France is the country's sixth largest investor and through the French Overseas Development committed Sh88.5 billion to finance various projects.
Mr Kenyatta is expected to meet his counterpart Francois Hollande to get an in-depth understanding of the French security architecture.
Kenya just marked a year since 147 students from Garissa University were murdered in a terror attack orchestrated by the Al Shabaab.
France is one of Kenya's key tourism markets that the country is targeting in its revival plans for the sector.
A travel warning issued by the French Government impacted on the number of international arrivals to the country.
The President will also visit the French crisis management and the headquarters of the French Intelligence before making his maiden visit to Germany.
A total of seven trade agreements will be signed during this time, which the Foreign Affairs ministry expects will inject Sh28 billion (250 million Euros) into the Kenyan economy.
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