Kenya, DR Congo sign agricultural cooperation deal

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta with DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta receives DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi at State House, Nairobi, on April 8, 2022. PHOTO | COURTESY | PSCU

As DR Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi signed a treaty to formally join the East African Community bloc in Nairobi last Friday, he also oversaw the signing of a bilateral agreement with Kenya, which will see the two countries cooperate to improve food security and trade in agriculture.

The bilateral agreement on cooperation in agriculture was signed by DRC’s ministers Mzinga Birihanze Desire (Agriculture) and Bokele Djema Adrien (Fisheries and Livestock), and Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo, on behalf of her Agriculture counterpart Peter Munya.