President Uhuru Kenyatta has accepted a UN agency’s request to be the global champion for the youth. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) executive director Henrietta Fore said the president’s role will include advocating promotion of universal healthcare, education and nutrition. Making the request when she paid a courtesy call on Uhuru at State House, Nairobi on Friday, Fore assured the country of support in achieving universal healthcare. Universal health coverage forms one of the key pillars of Uhuru's big-four growth agenda that includes job creation, manufacturing, affordable housing, and food and nutritional security. Uhuru and Fore also discussed education, with the President affirming his focus to ensure 100 per cent primary school transition rates.

Source: The Star January 19, 2018 14:15 UTC