Ruto pitches more trade as Japan proposes an economic bloc with Africa

Shigeru Ishiba and William Ruto

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba with Kenya's President William Ruto in Yokohama, Japan ahead of the opening of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9).

Photo credit: PCS

By  Kevin Cheruiyot

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Nation Media Group

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