Nigeria’s president Buhari inspects a guard of honour in Eldoret. Photo/ PSCU
ELDORET, Kenya, Jan 26 – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Kenya on Wednesday afternoon and was received with pomp and colour by his host President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The Nigerian leader who landed at the Eldoret International Airport shortly after 2:30pm received full State honours including a 21-gun salute from KDF officers.
Immediately after the arrival ceremonies, President Kenyatta and his guest held tete-a-tete before they left for Moi Barracks in Eldoret for an interdenominational memorial service in honour of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers who were killed in El Adde, Somalia following an Al-Shabaab ambush.
The service is also being attended by the Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who jetted into the country earlier in the morning.
The Somali leader was received by senior government officials led by the Deputy President William Ruto and Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed.
The prayer meeting was the second that President Kenyatta was attending in a fortnight.
Last week, the President led other political leaders and Government officials at a similar interdenominational service at the Armed Forces Memorial Hospital in Nairobi.
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- President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (2-L) and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta (R) talk at moi Barracks during an interreligious prayer meeting for the Kenyan soldiers who were killed in an attack on their base by Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in Eldoret, Kenya, 27 January 2016. On 15 January 2016, Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab attacked the base of the Kenyan soldiers serving for African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in El-Adde, Somalia, in which they claimed that they killed more than 100 Kenyan soldiers. Kenyan government has not disclosed the number of dead, but Somalia and Western officials say 80 to 100 soldiers or more have been killed during the attack. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU
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- President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (2-L), President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (C) and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta (R) stand for the national anthem upon their arrival at the fallen heroes monument at moi Barracks during an interreligious prayer meeting for the Kenyan soldiers who were killed in an attack on their base by Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in Eldoret, Kenya, 27 January 2016. On 15 January 2016, Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab attacked the base of the Kenyan soldiers serving for African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in El-Adde, Somalia, in which they claimed that they killed more than 100 Kenyan soldiers. Kenyan government has not disclosed the number of dead, but Somalia and Western officials say 80 to 100 soldiers or more have been killed during the attack. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU
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- Front row President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (L), President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (C) and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta (R) stand for the national anthem upon their arrival at the fallen heroes monument at moi Barracks during an interreligious prayer meeting for the Kenyan soldiers who were killed in an attack on their base by Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in Eldoret, Kenya, 27 January 2016. On 15 January 2016, Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab attacked the base of the Kenyan soldiers serving for African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in El-Adde, Somalia, in which they claimed that they killed more than 100 Kenyan soldiers. Kenyan government has not disclosed the number of dead, but Somalia and Western officials say 80 to 100 soldiers or more have been killed during the attack. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU
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- President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (L), President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (C) and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta (R) stand for the national anthem upon their arrival at the fallen heroes monument at moi Barracks during an interreligious prayer meeting for the Kenyan soldiers who were killed in an attack on their base by Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in Eldoret, Kenya, 27 January 2016. On 15 January 2016, Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab attacked the base of the Kenyan soldiers serving for African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in El-Adde, Somalia, in which they claimed that they killed more than 100 Kenyan soldiers. Kenyan government has not disclosed the number of dead, but Somalia and Western officials say 80 to 100 soldiers or more have been killed during the attack. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU
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- President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (L), President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (C) and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta (R) stand for the national anthem upon their arrival at the fallen heroes monument at moi Barracks during an interreligious prayer meeting for the Kenyan soldiers who were killed in an attack on their base by Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in Eldoret, Kenya, 27 January 2016. On 15 January 2016, Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab attacked the base of the Kenyan soldiers serving for African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in El-Adde, Somalia, in which they claimed that they killed more than 100 Kenyan soldiers. Kenyan government has not disclosed the number of dead, but Somalia and Western officials say 80 to 100 soldiers or more have been killed during the attack. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU
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