{"id":46828,"date":"2022-10-14T09:44:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T09:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-meets-with-deputy-president-of-kenya-rigathi-gachagua\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T09:48:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T09:48:13","slug":"kagame-meets-with-deputy-president-of-kenya-rigathi-gachagua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-meets-with-deputy-president-of-kenya-rigathi-gachagua\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame meets with Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gachagua came to Rwanda for the YouthConnekt Africa Summit 2022 taking place in Kigali. <\/p>\n<p>He was among other dignitaries that attended the opening ceremony on Thursday at BK Arena. <\/p>\n<p>Gachagua was hosted at Urugwiro Village on the same day after attending the summit. <\/p>\n<p>President Kagame was in Kenya last month where he attended the inauguration of President William Ruto and Deputy President Gachagua. The ceremony took place on 13th September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda and Kenya enjoy cordial relations built on cooperation in the areas of justice, trade, agriculture, education, technology, telecommunication, and security among others.   <\/p>\n<p>Before the outset of COVID-19, 30% of Rwanda\u2019s imports were transited through Mombasa Port.  <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday 13th October 2022, Kagame also met with football legends from Africa who are in the country as part of their world tour ahead of Veteran Clubs World Championship (VCWC) due in Rwanda in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>The legends\u2019 tour aims to uplift the next generation of professional footballers on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 12th October 2022, the football veterans participated in the opening of \u2018Legends in Rwanda\u2019; a promotional event aimed attracting global participation during the VCWC2024.<\/p>\n<p>It brought together legendary football players including Roger Milla from Cameroun, Khalilou Fadiga from Senegal, Patrick Mboma from Cameroun, Ghanaian Anthony Baffoe and French national Lilian Thuram.<\/p>\n<p>The event was also attended by government officials, members of the private sector and other sports personalities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44641 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-2335-96cb6.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame and Gachagua held a discussion on furthering the existing strong bilateral ties for the benefit of the people of Rwanda and Kenya.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44642 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-3612-4d933.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame was last in Kenya at the wearing-in of William Ruto and Gachagua. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44643 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-3370-a6534.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44647 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-3089-e41c2_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Gachagua was hosted at Urugwiro Village along with his delegation that came to Rwanda to attend YouthConnekt Africa Summit 2022. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44644 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-1681-bc453.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame with football legend, Jimmy Gatete. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44645 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/7-1447-f12fe.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44646 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-1281-04c7e.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame also met with football legends from Africa who are in the country as part of their world tour ahead of VCWC2024. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has received the Deputy President of Kenya Rigathi Gachagua and his delegation at Urugwiro Village for a discussion on furthering the existing strong bilateral ties for the benefit of the people of Rwanda and Kenya.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"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-46828","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 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