After a brief break from his international visits, President William Ruto has resumed his foreign travel and will be in Berlin, Germany, on September 13.
This is soon after leaving Beijing, China, where he is attending the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2024 Summit.
The Kenya Embassy in Berlin has invited Kenyans for a Diaspora Engagement meeting on September 13 at Waldorf Astoria.
“The Embassy welcomes Kenyans in Germany to register for an opportunity to engage with H.E. President William S. Ruto, C.G.H. on Friday, 13th September 2024.,” the mission says on X.
The President is also expected to grace the Citizens’ Festival at the park of Bellevue Palace in Berlin on September 14..
“The Federal President will be celebrating volunteer work in Germany and at the same time promoting voluntary civil society engagement. This year’s Citizens’ Festival places a special focus on Africa.
“For the first time, a non-European country is the festival’s international partner: the Republic of Kenya. President William Ruto will grace the event,” the embassy says on its website.
The motto for this year’s Citizens Festival is “Pamoja – Stronger Together.” Under this motto, non-profit organizations, volunteers, and companies make the broad social commitment in all its facets visible, the embassy adds.
This partner Federal State is Lower Saxony, and visitors have the opportunity to view the official residence of the Federal President, including the palace gardens and the offices and representative rooms, up close.
They would also learn about the diversity of Kenya and Africa.
In this regard, Kenya Ambassador to Germany Stella Mokaya Orina has appealed to all Kenyans in Germany to attend the event with their families and friends as admission is free, although registration is required here.
Culture, Arts and Heritage Principal Secretary Ummi Bashir hosted Germany Ambassador to Kenya Sebastian Groth on Tuesday, September 3, to prepare for the visit.
PS Bashir said culture will be a significant issue during the visit “in a bid to strengthen the bilateral cultural ties between Kenya and Germany”.
Additionally, the PS said key among the issues they discussed was the repatriation of Kenyan artefacts in Germany, including the 46 human remains and skulls that were taken from Lamu in the early 1900s.
The visit comes follows two others, a two-day official trip in March 2023 and another in November 2023.
