President Uhuru Kenyatta was Thursday night forced to cut short his journey to Los Angeles for on official duty due to the intense fighting in Yemen.
“Following reports of increased military activity in Yemen, there was a challenge on the routing leading to a decision to turn back. The President touched the ground at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 11.42 pm,” read a statement from Statehouse spokesman Manoah Esipisu.
“His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta left Nairobi last evening on board his official Kenya Airforce aircraft destined for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where he was due to connect to a commercial flight to Los Angeles.”
President Kenyatta was travelling to Los Angeles to attend the 2015 Milken Institute Global Conference.
The President will address the Milken Institute Corporate and Investor Roundtable on April 27.
He will also address the conference later in the evening from 5pm to 6pm.
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda will also attend the forum.
He will address the same sessions as President Kenyatta.
Presidents Kenyatta and Kagame are expected to be the only foreign heads of state attending the conference, which is scheduled to run from April 26 to 29.
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