Kenya Government has denied reports that it intentionally kept the new Central African Republic President waiting in his plane after arriving in the East african country on Tuesday and there was no one from the Kenyan side to recieve him.
On Tuesday, Central Africa Republic leader Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia’s plane touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at around 4pm. He kept waiting for over an hour.
A senior official in the Kenyan Foreign Affairs Ministry , Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho said the protocol accorded to first-time visiting heads of state is different and requires longer clearances.
And later Kenya’s Army commander Lt-Gen Joseph Kasaon was sent to receive the CAR president something seen as a diplomatic incidence.
However, Mr Kibicho said it should not be an issue who was sent to receive the president.
“There was no intention to delay him even for one second. Indeed, he was only undergoing protocol as is required of head of state visiting for the first time,” Mr Kibicho said.
The CAR leader is in Kenya for a special summit on the International Great Lakes Region together with 11 other regional leaders. The heads of state are expected to discuss security and regional trade.
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