PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA ARRIVES IN SOUTH SUDAN TO BROKER A PEACE DEAL

President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives in Juba for talks with Kirr
Juba 26th December 2013 President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Juba, South Sudan for a one day official visit.

The plane carrying the President and his delegation touched down at Juba International Airport shortly before 10.a.m.

On arrival, President Uhuru Kenyatta was received by senior South Sudanese Government officials and Kenya’s Ambassador Cleland Leshore.

President Uhuru

Kenyatta, who is the current chair of East African Community (EAC), is leading a high powered delegation for talks with the host President Salva Kiir on the ongoing political crisis in the neighbouring country at State House, Juba.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn is also attending the talks.

Mediation talks between the parties involved began earlier in the week with a ministerial delegation from the development agency IGAD. Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ambassador Amina Mohammed was part of the team.The delegation is seeking to find a lasting solution to the troubled  South Sudan that has led to loss of life and property

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