The House of Congress Foreign Affairs committee has requested the Speaker to invite President William Ruto to address a joint session on his official visit to the United States, later this month. Ruto would be the first Kenyan President to address a joint session of Congress, and the first African head of state to address Congress since former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 18 years ago. These factors, the House Committee said, have helped the country become a leader in mobile money and information and communication technology. The Committee underscored that Nearly 100,000 Kenyan Americans call the United States home. Moreover, the United States maintains an overseas military base at Manda Bay, on the Indian Ocean, to support operations to counter terrorist threats from Al-Shabaab.

Source: Daily Nation May 02, 2024 11:40 UTC