President Uhuru Kenyatta’s foreign trips are good for the economic and political growth of the country, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma has said.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Nation, Juma said that it is high time Kenyans supported President Uhuru in the delivery of his duties as opposed to just launching attacks against him.
She said that the trips Uhuru made outside the country have borne fruits over the years, adding that it is not right to castigate him over the same.
It has emerged that Uhuru has made over 90 trips abroad since he took over power in 2013. In the past 14 months, Uhuru has toured United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania among other countries.
Juma has argued that the tours have transformed the country in different ways. She also said that the interaction with other nations has boosted Kenya's economic growth.
“If we have to push to an upper middle income country and grow wealth domestically, we have to engage with other nations and, therefore, the President has to interact. That is part of his daily life even when he is in Nairobi,” said the CS.
Uhuru has been a subject of criticism from different due to his foreign trips.