President Uhuru Kenyatta inspects a guard of honour upon his arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Arusha, Tanzania. The President went to Arusha to witness the signing of an agreement between South Sudan’s warring factions.
ARUSHA
President Uhuru
Kenyatta arrived in Arusha, Tanzania, ON Wednesday morning to witness
the historic signing of an agreement between South Sudan’s rival
factions of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).
President Kenyatta is attending the ceremony as the Igad rapporteur.
The plane carrying the President touched down at Kilimanjaro International Airport shortly after 11am.
The
warring SPLM factions reached a successful conclusion to dialogue after
intense negotiations that have been going on in Tanzania.
Other
regional leaders expected at the event are host President Jakaya
Kikwete, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, South Africa’s Deputy
President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan,
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and former vice-president
of South Sudan Riek Machar
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