President Kibaki leaves for Swaziland

Written by K24
Monday, 30 August 2010 13:53

President Mwai Kibaki has left the country on a three-day official visit to Swaziland to attend the 14th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Summit of the Heads of State and Government.

The COMESA region is Kenya’s largest export destination. Last year Kenya exports to COMESA were worth Sh110 billion.

COMESA institutions based in Nairobi include the COMESA insurance institution- ZEP-RE, the COMESA Monetary Institute and the Regional Reference Laboratory, catering for plant protection. The headquarters of the PTA bank was located in Nairobi until 2009.

Kenya is also expected to hold a high-level conference for mobilization of resources for infrastructure development in the Northern Corridor in October this year.

The 14th COMESA summit will examine, among other things, developments on the regional integration agenda, including progress towards full implementation of the Comesa Customs Union, the tripartite cooperation between Comesa-East African Community-Southern African Development Community, and how the region can enhance the use of science and technology for the benefit of its people.

During the Summit, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is scheduled to hand over the Chairmanship of COMESA to His Majesty King Mswati III of Swaziland.

The President will be accompanied by Ministers Moses Wetangula, Chirwau Ali Mwakwere and the High Commissioner to Zambia, among other diginitaries.