Noting the unity exhibited by Kenyans living and working abroad, the President challenged the Kenyan Diaspora to spread the same spirit back home.
“You have the ability to best exemplify what it means to be Kenyan, to break the boundaries of ethnicity and religious intolerance because while you are here you all see yourselves in terms of Kenyans not individuals from different tribes,” President Kenyatta said.
Responding to issues raised by the Kenyan Diaspora in France, President Kenyatta assured that the Government was committed to addressing the challenges they were facing including the slow processing of dual citizenship and issuance of Kenyan national identity cards and passports.
“It is our responsibility to make sure we facilitate and make it easier for you to live in the countries where you reside and work,” President Kenyatta said.
Other speakers include Foreign Affairs and International Trade Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed, Kenyan Ambassador to France Salma Ahmed and Prof George Godia, the Kenyan Ambassador/Permanent Delegate to the UNESCO.
The Diaspora meeting was also attended by Cabinet Secretaries Najib Balala and Eugene Wamalwa among others.
President Kenyatta was scheduled to travel to Berlin on Wednesday at the start of the second leg of his France and Germany visits.
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