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Official visit to Kenya
An official visit to strengthen contacts at the highest political level with one of Switzerland’s five main trading partners south of the Sahara. On the evening of arrival, a meeting with Kenyan artists at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi.
On 9 July, official talks with Uhuru Kenyatta at State House: the fight against corruption, public health, East Africa. The two presidents witness the signing of the Framework for the Return of Assets from Corruption and Crime in Kenya (FRACCK), a framework for returning illicit assets, joined by the United Kingdom and Jersey; around two million dollars are frozen, linked in particular to the Anglo-Leasing affair. Uhuru Kenyatta announces the opening of a Kenyan embassy in Berne. Alain Berset then meets Chief Justice David Maraga and pays tribute to the independence shown by the Kenyan judiciary when the 2017 presidential election was rerun. “Corruption destroys those institutions and with them the dreams and aspirations of the people”, he says at the official meal.
On 10 July, he visits the Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana County with Governor Josphat Nanok and UNHCR. The camp houses 186,000 people; Swiss humanitarian aid funds vocational training there, among other things.
Sunday 8 July 2018 — Nairobi
- Meeting with Kenyan artists at the GoDown Arts Centre
Monday 9 July 2018 — Nairobi
- Official talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House
- Signing of the FRACCK and press conference
- Official meal with President Kenyatta
- Meeting with Chief Justice David Maraga and Supreme Court judges
- Meeting with civil society representatives
- Reception at the Swiss residence with the Swiss community and cultural figures
Tuesday 10 July 2018 — Kakuma
- Welcome by the Governor of Turkana County, Josphat Nanok
- Visit to the Kakuma refugee camp with UNHCR and to projects supported by Switzerland
Speeches on this site
- Point de presse avec le président Uhuru Kenyatta à Nairobi (French-language page)
- Toast lors du repas officiel avec le président Uhuru Kenyatta (French-language page)
- Réception à Nairobi (French-language page)
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