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Chinese special envoy for the Horn of Africa to visit Kenya

Chinese Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Xue Bing with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. 

Chinese Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Xue Bing (left) with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki (centre). PHOTO | COURTESY | ERITREAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

By  Aggrey Mutambo

Editor - Africa & International

Nation Media Group

Chinese Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Xue Bing is expected in Nairobi on Friday on his first trip to Kenya since taking up the post in January.

A tentative programme showed Mr Xue will be in the country at the weekend and will hold talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta and later with Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo.

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