On Sunday November 4, 2018 President Uhuru Kenyatta met with President of China H.E. Xi Jinping in Shanghai China ahead of the inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the invitation of President Xi.
President @UKenyatta meets with President of China H.E. Xi Jinping in #Shanghai, China ahead of the inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the invitation of President Xi #CIIE2018 pic.twitter.com/kmzEQfi9d9
— State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya) November 4, 2018
Following the warning the Chinese government had passed to Kenyan government following the ban on their fish in Kenya, Kenyans on Twitter speculated Uhuru’s tour to China as an intervention.
Chinese government had threatened to withdraw its funding towards the construction of Standard Gauge Railway phase two if the ban would not be uplifted.
Kenyans urged President Kenyatta not to acquire another loan yet, as others asked him if he can aid them get a loan.
— EK (@EKuniverse) November 4, 2018
More loans
ExpoMakachieth
— Dennis ogaro okemwa (@ogaro_okemwa) November 4, 2018
We don’t need those expensive loans from China. Its a shame we are tuning to Their song.
— ANTHONEY MUGATHA (@AMugatha) November 4, 2018
Others claimed that the president had gone to ‘his home’ to sell up his brothers.
So Chinyatta is already in his home country to sell us to his brothers and cousins? How come he never announced his travel?
— Moses Omolo(selfproclaimed dealmaker) (@omolomoses1) November 4, 2018
President Kenyatta is leading a delegation of Kenyan traders to the China International Import Expo (CIIE), during which a deal on horticultural exports will be signed.
The president arrived in China on Saturday morning (Kenyan time), for the expo that kicked off on Friday to Tuesday.
The new trade pact is expected to open up the Chinese market to over 40 per cent of the country’s fresh produce including avocadoes, cashew nuts, and mangoes.
In addition to the Memorandum of Understanding, the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary said, officials said, Kenya and China will establish a working group on trade tariffs in a bid to promote trade between the two nations.
