President Kagame Attends 2nd Infrastructure Summit in Mombasa

President Kagame will Wednesday join Presidents Kenyatta of Kenya and Museveni of Uganda for the 2nd Infrastructure Summit in Mombasa, Kenya.

This follows the inaugural trilateral meeting held in Entebbe in June this year aimed at accelerating regional infrastructure and policies that will strengthen cooperation and lead to socio-economic development in the region.

To ensure faster implementation, responsibilities have been shared with Uganda committing to lead the railway development and political federation sector, Rwanda to lead on the Single Customs Territory, Single Tourist Visa and use of East African Community National identity card while Kenya is to chair the implementation of the oil pipeline and electricity generation.

President Kagame and President Museveni are also also scheduled to join President Kenyatta to officially open the Ksh5.6 billion ($66.7 million) Berth number 19 at Mombasa port – the space where ships dock or anchor as they are offloaded or loaded. The new berth is expected to raise the port’s capacity by 33 per cent.

President Kagame will be accompanied to the Mombasa meeting by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Louise Mushikiwabo, Minister for Infrastructure Prof. Silas Rwakabamba, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Amb Claver Gatete, National Coordinator of the Tripartite Initiative, Monique Mukaruliza and Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Yamina Karitanyi.

This summit will evaluate progress made by each country and will be followed with a third meeting scheduled for Kigali in October.

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President Kagame Attends 2nd Infrastructure Summit in Mombasa