President Uhuru Made History as the First African President to be hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House

At the historic meeting, President Biden announced a US Government donation of 17 million more Covid-19 vaccines to the African Union.

“And we’re continuing our shared fight against Covid. The United States has donated 2.8 million doses of vaccine to Kenya as part of the 50 million doses we’ve donated to the African Union (AU).

“And I’m proud to announce that—today, that we’re making an additional historic one-time donation of 17 more million doses of J&J vaccine to the AU, and we’re going to be sending some more of these by the end of the year to Kenya,” President Biden said.

President Kenyatta thanked the American Government for the continued assistance to Kenya and the African continent in the fight against Covid-19 and welcomed the additional donation of 17 million doses to the AU noting that Africa was struggling to access adequate vaccines.

“Let me also take this opportunity, through you, to thank your government and the people of the United States. During this very difficult time, the United States has done its best to step up in terms of not only helping Kenya but the African continent in general, with regard to access to vaccines.

“I’m happy to hear your new announcement of that increase because as many of you will know, as a continent, we are lagging well behind the rest of the world in terms of being able to vaccinate our people.

“So, any additional support, like the President (Joe Biden) has just mentioned, is greatly welcomed, and we look forward to that continued partnership,” President Kenyatta said.

Besides Covid-19, the leaders also discussed the global fight against terrorism, climate change as well as trade and investment among other subjects of mutual interest to Kenya and the US.

On the war against terrorism, President Kenyatta applauded the US for being a strong partner for Kenya.

“We’re also very closely partnering, especially in regard to the fight against terrorism globally. The United States has been a very strong partner to Kenya in that particular fight,” he said.

The Kenyan leader said his country had made tremendous progress in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and welcomed the US back to the Paris Agreement.

“We are also keenly very grateful for his strong position, especially with regard to climate change. This is an area where Kenya has made tremendous progress in her own right and where we are firmly committed to the Paris Agreement, and we’re glad to see the United States has now rejoined,” President Kenyatta said.