Vice President, Guy Scott, is expected to arrive in Nairobi tomorrow to attend the inauguration of Kenya’s fourth President, Uhuru Kenyatta, on Tuesday April 9, 2013.
Dr Scott is scheduled to arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport around 17.00 hours local time.
Zambia’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Mary Zambezi, confirmed when she briefed the advance delegation of the Vice President at the Zambian Mission in Nairobi today that Dr Scott will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Kenya’s President-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, at the Kasarani Sports Complex in the capital.
Uhuru Kenyatta is the son of Kenya’s first President, Jomo Kenyatta, and won the March 4 Presidential polls by 50.07 per cent, eliminating the possibility of a run-off against his closest rival, Raila Odinga of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) who scored 43.2 per cent in an election which recorded 86 per cent voter turn-out.
Uhuru Kenyatta is currently the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya under the ruling National Alliance Party and has previously served as Finance Minister.
The inauguration of Mr Kenyatta was delayed following a Supreme Court petition by Mr Odinga but the bench upheld the election of Kenyatta on March 30 as the country’s next president.
Meanwhile, High Commissioner Zambezi, who recently presented her credentials to Seychells and Israel to which she is also designated, says there is great potential for business opportunities between Zambia and the two countries.
High Commissioner Zambezi presented her credentials to Israeli President, Shimon Perez, on March 28 and to Seychelles President, James Michel, last week on April 2.
She extended invitations to both presidents to visit Zambia with their respective business delegations to explore the southern African country’s huge investment potential in agriculture, tourism and other emerging sectors of the economy.
Israel has one of the world’s most advanced irrigation technology systems and offers training expertise in various fields of agriculture which High Commissioner Zambezi says should be brought to Zambia to help further improve the new farming blocks created by government in some selected parts of the government.
High Commissioner Zambezi also said there is a lot that Zambia can learn from both Israel and Seychelles in terms of economic development through agriculture and tourism which the two countries boast of respectively.
She also revealed that in terms of tourism, Zambia and Seychelles are further extending their mutual benefit from the natural resources where Seychelles is one of the world’s favoured tourist destinations while Zambia boasts of having one of the world’s seven wonders, the Victoria Falls.
High Commissioner Zambezi said in a few months time the Seychelles national carrier will increase flights between Nairobi and Johannesburg from Livingstone which hosts the Victoria Falls and a variety of animal parks which the tourists from that country could take advantage of to see by combining their trips to view both the falls and the wild life abundant in Zambia.
“It is incumbent upon us the political leadership not to merely pay lip service when we are appointed into foreign service but instead explore investment opportunities to help improve our economy back home,” said High Commissioner Zambezi.
Meanwhile, the Zambian Mission in Kenya has also held several meetings aimed at exploring business opportunities with the private sector in Nairobi to woo them to explore Zambia’s vast tourism potential.
Kenya has a vibrant tourism economy which draws millions of foreign tourists per annum and earns the country foreign exchange to support at least 95 per cent of the national budget.
The Patriotic Front (PF) government has put tourism at the centre of economic development as an emerging sector which can significantly contribute to the national treasury and job creation if well harnessed.
ZANIS
Inaugration under a cloud of ICC indictment at the Hague. Not so lovely, I am afraid.
Inauguration under a cloud of ICC indictment at the Hague. Not so lovely, I am afraid.
Bakolwe!, allow RB who monitored that election to attend the inauguration.
You see,Bashir is representing Sudan.Sudan is an important Neighbor in this part of Africa.Bashir said ICC is an NGO,which is true anyway.But Kibaki invited Bashir in 2010 and 2013 is no different.We need Bashir to ensure South Sudan has Peace and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement is implemented to the letter.Those are coAl Bashir of Northern Sudan may have presided over a government that terrorized its citizens for ages. He is bad. Why is it OK for Egypt’s Morsi to visit with him and no finger is raised? Why is it that we never heard of the ICC when white South Africans brutalized their black citizens for eons? Double Standards! That is why imaginary danger is cited time and again to give Travel Advisory and kill Kenya’s tourism and economy. Never against Egypt, Israel, Turkey,…
Ala Bee has pressing engagements!kikiki
RB did the hard work that needed to be done. Let the Ceremonial VP go and soothe his sorrows in Kenya. Scott is like a scorned first wife . He is been mistreated in favour of Ukwa’s Amai Ninis.
I dont get it Who is the zambian high comissioner to Kenya? It seems this Zambezi has one leg in israel,another in secyells and kenya
Just like Masebo she has no clue of her job. She is busy inviting Israelites farmers and Kenyan investors to come and invest in Zambia when most Zambians have nothing to do and no bread & butter on their tables. Your job is to tap that knowledge and impat it into Zambians. Where you can’t, you organise expeditions between the countries but not inviting foreigners to come and take away the little for Zambians. No wonder there’s maize shortage because everyone is busy exporting just like Masebo and Zambezi are busy sending invitations to foreigners. PF please learn to recal these diplomats back exactly after the end of three year term so that they can themselves come bring back
the knowledge tapped instead of them pushing their responsibilities to foreign investors.
IWE CHI KAY, what did R.B do during the just ended Kenyan elections , What did the kabwalala monitor, he was just sent by former cunning U.S president Jimmy Carter,the same Jimmy Carter who had fooled our super Ken in 1991 and lost his power two years ahead of his presidency to Kafupi .maybe kay you were still in your nappies than.. don’t blog comments if you don’t know about politics. Guy Scott deserves to represent Zambia in absence of President Sata not R.B. R.B has no credibility left to represent Zambia anywhere.
Indegenous Zambian, the problem with investment is it has to do with bringing in financial capital as well. Yes you can have the human capital from the Zambians but you also need the money to start something. For example if you wanted to open a mine, you can have all the Zambians you have and fill all the posts but then you would need the money to buy equipment, running costs including salaries and that’s where you need the investors. hope I have simplified enough
Twalikwata umusungu ntamba lukuta!
Wow,silly me i always thot it was spelled “kenyanta”.Anyway,they shoulda sent RB given that he’s done all the monitoring work and has a better image in kenya,thus the awards he got there.Sending Scott there to a democratic exercise from a govt that is quashing democracy is a big mockery.
the PF govt is behaving childish and they should not let the country be held under the evil schems of their m’membel cartel. while is good to allow Guy to attend the innaugral ceremony, it is imperative that RB is allowed to go.
Democracy my foot!
No African president attended Sata’s inauguration.
And why send Guy Scott and not President Lungu?
Why can’t the VP and zambian mission also explore Nairobi’s JKIA to see how our underperforming KK int’l airport can be improved to compete favourably?
scot… know that RB is also expected there
what is he going to do without RB..?
Efffie Mphande reporting from my hotel room in Nairobi! Oh Scotty Dotty you’re spoiling me.
What cloud of ICC indictment naiwe number one.UHURU KENYATTA was elected by the people of that great nation and whatever happened in the past was just mere speculation.Do you mean ICC was just made for African Leader what about Bush let him also be tried there for the crimes he committed.We are no longer under colonial days were by these whites can decide for us nononooooooo! we are sovereign states with brains to think for ourselves.
VIP that is the way to go you have gone to represent our great nation and my presido. VIVA KENYANS MUNGU ACHUNGE INCHI YENU as for Kenyata Ongera raisi unit the nation and stay focus mungu akubarike.AMEN
What cloud of ICC indictment naiwe number one.UHURU KENYATTA was elected by the people of that great nation and whatever happened in the past was just mere speculation.Do you mean ICC was just made for African Leaders what about Bush let him also be tried there for the crimes he committed.We are no longer under colonial days were by these whites can decide for us nononooooooo! we are sovereign states with brains to think for ourselves.
VIP that is the way to go you have gone to represent our great nation and my presido. VIVA KENYANS MUNGU ACHUNGE INCHI YENU as for Kenyata Ongera raisi unit the nation and stay focused mungu akubarike.AMEN
RB CAN GO THERE HE HAS CASES TO SORT OUT AND HAS NO PASSPORT TWALIKWATA UMUSUNGU ALANDEKO NABANANKWE NI KENYA.RB ANASEBENZA KUVOTESHA BANTU KWASILA
Welcome to Kenya Dr.scott and your delegation. KARIBU SANA
I saw the ka tiny aircraft at JKIA….amidist boeing 777, ninsoni chabe