Erdogan and President Kenyatta are expected to discuss security and refugee matters/AFP
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 1 — President Recep Erdogan of Turkey was expected in the country on Wednesday afternoon and was to be received by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed.
President Kenyatta’s spokesperson Manoah Esipisu told Capital FM News that the official welcoming ceremony would however be held on Thursday.
Erdogan and President Kenyatta are expected to discuss security and refugee matters as both countries have been victims of terror attacks and grapple with the burden of displaced persons.
Meanwhile South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye left the country on Wednesday morning after holding trade talks with President Kenyatta.
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With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.