MUSALIA IN CHINA

PCS MUSALIA MUDAVADI IS IN CHINA ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT RUTO TO SECURE SGR, HIGHWAY FUNDING AND TRADE DEALS 

President William Ruto has dispatched Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi to China to represent him in high-level talks that could unlock major trade and infrastructure deals for Kenya.

Speaking during a church service at Friends Comprehensive School in Kivaywa in Kakamega County, Ruto said the trip is aimed at securing financing for key national projects, including the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Malaba.

Mudavadi is also expected to lobby for funding towards the construction of the Rironi–Mau Summit–Eldoret–Bungoma–Malaba highway. Ruto noted that due to limited resources, the highway may be built in phases rather than as a single rollout.

The planned construction of the road, is expected to ease congestion and enhance trade and travel between Kenya and its neighbours in the west, comes amid public concerns over the use of pension funds for infrastructure development.

At the heart of the China visit is also a push for a new trade agreement, as Kenya continues to await the outcome of potential negotiations with the US on the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

"You know that we are now producing on a large scale avocados, tea, coffee, and macadamia. All that needs a market, and we have been signing agreements among them with the UK, the US, and now we have one with China," Ruto announced.  

"Musalia and his team are working on the Chinese market, and we hope that in the next three or four months we will be able to conclude that so that our products can have access to a larger market," he added. 

Oracle of Teremi Strategic Research Bureau 

15th June 2025