WASHINTON, D.C , 4 AUGUST 2014 (PSCU) President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in the U.S for the US-Africa Leaders Summit. Less than an hour after arriving in Washington, D.C after a 14 hour flight from Doha, Qatar, President Kenyatta went straight to attend an event held to honor a former American ambassador to the United Nations. The event, Gathering of Pan-African Leaders was held at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel to honor Ambassador Andrew Young who for decades championed for key partnerships between the US and Africa. Young is a pastor, civil rights leader and former congressman, ambassador and mayor and the first country he ever visited in Africa was Kenya. In an article he published in theUSA Today on Monday, Young said, “Forty years ago, I went to Africa for the first time. Traveling to a World Bank meeting in Kenya with George Schultz (former US Secretary of Labor), who served as Treasury secretary during the Ford administration, we saw a view of Africa that had not been previously imagined.” Since that visit, Young has championed closer partnership between Africa and the US. Besides President Kenyatta, the event, which included a dinner was attended by other leaders who included President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and former US President Bill Clinton. President Uhuru and Clinton chatted for more than 20 minutes after Clinton gave an opening address where he called for more partnership between Africa and the US.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 03:28:31 +0000
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