Thursday, November 22, 2012

Raila back


PM @RailaOdinga and Mama @IdaOdinga upon their arrival from South Korea at the JKIA early this morning.
PM @RailaOdinga and Mama @IdaOdinga upon their arrival from South Korea at the JKIA early this morning.


PM @RailaOdinga and Mama @IdaOdinga greeting ODM supporters at the JKIA.
PM @RailaOdinga and Mama @IdaOdinga greeting ODM supporters at the JKIA.


PM @RailaOdinga with Cabinet Minister Franklin Bett and MPs Martin Ogindo and Manson Nyamweya when he arrived from abroad early this morning.
PM @RailaOdinga with Cabinet Minister Franklin Bett and MPs Martin Ogindo and Manson Nyamweya when he arrived from abroad early this morning.

PM jets back from South Korea


Written By:PMPS,    Posted: Thu, Nov 22, 2012
The trip comes after The Korean Airlines introduced direct flights from between Seoul and Nairobi four months ago
Prime Minister Raila Odinga jetted back into the country Thursday morning after a week-long trip in Malaysia and South Korea where he show cased the country as an investment destination.
He spent the better part of his working trip wooing the business community from the Asian region to exploit the investment opportunities in Kenya, for the mutual benefit of the people of the two continents.
The Premier met his Korean counterpart Mr Kim Hwang Sik with whom they held talks on ways of promoting bilateral ties between the two countries.
The meeting held in Seoul discussed modalities of a joint venture to exploit the untapped energy potential in the country and the prospects of developing a nuclear power plant in the near future.
The talks comes after the Daewoo Corporation of Korea finalized plans to construct a 300 MW coal power plant in Kilifi as the government seeks funds to to scale up production to at least 1000 MW.
Odinga informed investors to take advantage of the opportunities in the energy sector citing that less that 150 out of the 7000 MW of geothermal energy potential in the country was exploited for power production.
He asked the Korean firms to consider setting branches in Nairobi under a built, operate and transfer arrangement arguing that energy deficit remains the biggest challenge to Kenya's dream of becoming Africa's investment destination.
The premier who was accompanied by his spouse Ida Odinga and several Members of Parliament met the officials of the Federation of Korean Industries who he assured that Kenya had adopted an open door policy to foreign investors.
He said Kenya was keen on forging closer ties with rising economic giants in Asia as the country embarks on setting up Special Economic Zones to spur growth and create jobs.
The tour comes after the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korea's POSCO to establish the Mini and Integrated Steel Mill plant in Kenya, following the recent discovery of iron ore in the country.
Among the notable places the Kenyan delegation visited included the LG Electronics plant, Advanced Institute of Science and Technology which has expressed interest in setting an innovation centre at the Konza ICT city.
The trip comes after The Korean Airlines introduced direct flights from between Seoul and Nairobi four months ago.
Mr Odinga was accompanied by Ministers Ababu Namwamba, Amason Kingi, assistant Ministers Oburu Oginga and Magerer Langat and the Managing Director of KenGen Mr Eddy Njoroge.

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