Kenyatta told the government, private sector leaders gathered at the retreat, how he was very impressed on how it was held.
“When he told me you meeting and having a retreat, I told him that as a friend, a brother and a neighbor, I would like to come and see how you people run the affairs of Rwanda. And I must say that indeed I am quite impressed, to the point that I am going to copy this,” he said
President Kenyatta also noted that among the many things that pleased him was the bilateral relationship between Rwanda and Kenya, which he named as one of the ‘best’ relations that Kenya has.
“The things we that we have been able to do together, in terms of easing movement of our people, in terms of the linkages and what we did especially in the ICT sector, telecommunications sector. We have many Kenyans living and working here in Rwanda and feeling very much at home, we have many Rwandans living and working in Kenya, really showing that we are brothers and sisters, bound at the hip.” He noted
Kenyatta said he was very proud of the manner in which Rwanda has turned around, “from a country that was heavily, heavily hit, especially during the Genocide period, a country that was on its knees, to one of the brightest stars on the African continent, in a very short space of time. Really showing clear direction and clarity from the top, all the way to all of you who have been part and parcel of making this Rwandan dream a reality.”
“Lives have changed, the progress you have made in healthcare, the progress you have made in ICT, look at Kigali today… I keep telling my brother here, that I am fighting very hard to overtake him in terms of ease of doing business, and he keeps telling me ‘do your best’.” President Kenyatta said
“At the end of the day, all we are trying to do is to improve the environment for business, to improve the environment for our people, improve their living conditions, build infrastructure, connect ourselves to each other. At the end of the day, Kenya alone cannot make it, Rwanda alone cannot make it, but together we have huge and tremendous potential for growing prosperity for our people and for our countries.” Kenyatta observed.
The more we meet, the more we interact, we don’t need protocol and many appointments for each other- no. We should wake up in the morning and be in Nairobi and in the evening be back in Kigali – that’s the way we want it to be. And all of us feel at home in our respective capitals.
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