{"id":37820,"date":"2018-07-05T16:50:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T16:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/investors-wooed-as-rwandan-community-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T16:50:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T16:50:26","slug":"investors-wooed-as-rwandan-community-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/investors-wooed-as-rwandan-community-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors wooed as Rwandan community in Kenya mark Liberation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the event, Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Kenya, Amb. James Kimonyo informed that Kenya remains the biggest trade partner in Rwanda and that there is room for investors to cast their investment in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The envoy encouraged more Kenyans to take advantage of the enabling environment that includes an all-inclusive business permit acquired within six hours of application.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the area of trade, we are witnessing a steady increase of the overall trade volume between our two countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kimonyo noted that Rwanda\u2019s exports to Kenya include coffee, tea, hides and skins, and cereals at Sh 11.3 billion last year and Kenya\u2019s exports to Rwanda have accounted for Sh 11.5 billion. <\/p>\n<p>He said to date, Kenyan investment in Rwanda worth sh41.8 billion which makes Kenya the leading contributors to Foreign Direct Investment in Rwanda.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deeply appreciate the role of Kenya\u2019s private sector for its huge contribution to Rwanda\u2019s economic transformation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He announced that Rwanda has dedicated this year\u2019s anniversary to highlighting investment and business opportunities in the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018Visit Rwanda\u2019 movement has attracted a lot of attention globally. After Rwanda signed a deal with Arsenal Football Club in May this year, the number of people searching Rwanda on line has increased by almost 6,000 per cent,\u201d noting that they are confident that such a marketing strategy will bring a lot of tourists to Rwanda and sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>He said, through the Northern Corridor Integration Projects framework relating to Single tourist visa, one can visit Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda using the single visa.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, Kenya\u2019s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Macharia Kamau lauded the people of Rwanda for resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transformation you have seen in Rwanda is monumental and was unimaginable 24 years ago,\u201d said Mr. Macharia.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kenya and Rwanda enjoy warm relations that are marked with close collaboration and strategic partnerships on issues of sub-regional, regional and international scope.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26094 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/amb._james_kimonyo_with_rwandan_young_stars_who_are_doing_their_studies_in_kenya-3341e.jpg\" alt=\"Amb. Kimonyo in a photo with Rwandan students who attended the ceremony\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26093 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/amb._james_kimonyo_giving_his_remarks-73329.jpg\" alt=\"Amb. Kimonyo speaks at the event\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26092 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/principle_secretary_in_the_ministry_of_foreign_affairs_ambassador_macharia_kamau_delivering_his_remarks-30f02.jpg\" alt=\"Principle Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Macharia Kamau speaks at the event\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandans in Kenya yesterday commemorated the 24th anniversary of Liberation and used the opportunity to encourage Kenyan business people to invest in Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37820"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37820"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}