President Uhuru Kenyatta alongside Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, December 19, 2017. [Photo|PSCU]President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday hosted Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who is making an official visit to the country. This is the first visit by a head of government to Kenya since Kenyatta was sworn-in to start his second and final five-year term.The two leaders held cordial talks also attended by Deputy President William Ruto.The leaders hailed the strong bilateral relations between the two neighbours, and committed to work to strengthen the ties even further. They also focused on bilateral and regional issues, including progress around the Standard Gauge Railway, Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, smooth running of the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, regional troops in Somalia, and peace initiatives in South Sudan.Kenyatta also briefed Museveni on last Saturday’s commissioning of the Inland Container Depot at Embakasi. With the launch of the cargo rail freight on the Standard Gauge Railway, we expect that most goods will be transported from the Mombasa Port by train, starting in January 2018.This will further shorten the time of moving goods from Mombasa to Kenya’s hinterland and neighbouring countries as well as the costs for doing so by a further 30 per cent.

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