Uhuru Kenyatta became president following the Kenyan general election, 2013. The following is a list of presidential trips made by Uhuru Kenyatta since assuming office.
Uhuru Kenyatta has made several foreign trips on four continents, with several visits around East Africa and Africa in particular.
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1 visit | Algeria, Austria, Botswana, Burundi, Cuba, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Seychelles, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Vatican City, Zimbabwe |
2 visits | Angola, Barbados, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia, Turkey, UAE |
3 visits | Djibouti, Italy, Japan, South Sudan, Sudan |
4 visits | Belgium, China, France, Somalia |
5+ visits | Ethiopia (20), Rwanda (10), South Africa (6), Tanzania (10), Uganda (11), United Kingdom (6), United States (7), Zambia (5) |
The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2013:
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Tanzania | Arusha | 27 April | Summit of EAC Heads of State [1] | |||
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 3 May | 21st Extraordinary IGAD Summit | |||
United Kingdom | London | 6 May – 8 May | Somalia Conference |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 9 May – 11 May | World Economic Forum |
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South Sudan | Juba | 24 May | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 25 May – 26 May | AU 50th Anniversary celebrations |
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Uganda | Entebbe | 24 – 26 June | State Visit |
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Burundi | Bujumbura | 1 July | State Visit |
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Nigeria | Abuja | 14 – 18 July | AU HIV and Aids summit |
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Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa | 18 July | State Visit |
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Uganda | Munyonyo | 4 August | AMISON summit |
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Russia | Moscow | 16 – 19 August | State Visit |
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China | Beijing | 19 – 24 August | State Visit |
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United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 25 – 27 August | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 12 October | AU Summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 28 – 30 October | State Visit |
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Kuwait | Kuwait City | 18 – 20 November | Africa-Arab Summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 30 November | 15th Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 9 - 11 December | Nelson Mandela Memorial Service |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2014:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Angola | Luanda | 15 – 16 January | State visit & 5th Summit of ICGLR Heads of State |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 29 January – 1 February | AU summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 19 – 20 February | Northern Corridor Meeting |
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South Sudan | Juba | 26 February | South Sudan Crisis Meeting |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 10 – 11 March | State Visit |
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Tanzania | Arusha | 14 March | EAC Summit |
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Belgium | Brussels | 2 – 3 April | Investment Summit |
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United Kingdom | London | April | Investment Summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 7 April | State Visit |
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Turkey | Ankara | 10 – 13 April | State Visit |
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Qatar | Doha | 21 – 23 April | State Visit |
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Nigeria | Abuja | 4 May – 7 May | State Visit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2015:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Algeria | Algiers | 24 – 26 February | State Visit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 7 March | 9th Northern Corridor Summit |
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Japan | Tokyo, Sendai | 11 – 15 March | State Visit and World Conference of Disaster Relief |
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Namibia | Windhoek | 21 – 22 March | Inauguration of Namibian President |
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Ethiopia | Bahir Dar | 18 April | Regional peace summit |
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Jordan | Aqaba | 18 – 23 April | Horn of Africa Coordination Meeting |
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United States | Los Angeles | 20 – 27 April | Milken Institute Global Conference |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 13 May | EAC Burundi Crisis summit |
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South Africa | Pretoria, Midrand | 17 May – 19 May | Pan-African Parliament |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 31 May | EAC Summit Burundi Crisis |
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Sudan | Khartoum | 2 June | Omar al-Bashir Inauguration |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | June | 25th AU summit |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 3 – 4 July | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 13 July | Global meet on Women Health |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 27 July | South Sudan Crisis summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 8 – 10 August | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 15 – 18 August | IGAD summit on South Sudan |
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South Sudan | Juba | 26 August | IGAD summit for South Sudan War |
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Italy | Rome, Milan | 7 – 10 September | State Visit, Milan Expo |
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United States | New York City | 24 September – 8 October | UN General Assembly |
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India | New Delhi | 27 – 30 October | State Visit and Africa-India Forum |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 6 November | President Magufuli inauguration |
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Malta | Valletta | 28 – 30 November | Commonwealth of Nations Summit |
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France | Paris | 30 November – 3 December | 2015 Climate change summit |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 3 – 5 December | FOCAC summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 10 – 11 December | 12th Northern Corridor Summit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2016:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 29 – 31 January | AU Summit |
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Israel | Jerusalem | 22 – 25 February | State Visit |
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Djibouti | Djibouti | 28 February | AMISON Summit |
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Tanzania | Arusha | 2 – 3 March | 17th EAC summit |
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Ghana | Accra | 6 – 7 March | Ghana Independence Day |
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France | Paris | 4 – 6 April | State Visit |
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Germany | Berlin | 6 – 8 April | State Visit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 23 April | 13th Northern Corridor Integration Projects Summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 11 May | 26th World Economic Forum |
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Uganda | Kampala | 12 May | Yoweri Museveni inauguration |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 24 May | African Development Bank 2016 annual meeting |
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Angola | Luanda | 13 June | 6th International Conference on the Great Lakes Region |
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Belgium | Brussels | 15 – 17 June | European Development Days summit and State Visit. |
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Botswana | Gaborone | 27 – 30 June | State Visit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 4 July | 40th Anniversary of Entebbe hostage crisis |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 16 – 17 July | 27th Ordinary African Union Summit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 5 August | 2nd IGAD summit on South Sudan |
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Somalia | Mogadishu | 13 September | 28th IGAD Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government |
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Togo | Lomé | 14 – 16 October | African Union Extraordinary Summit on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa |
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Sudan | Khartoum | 30 – 31 October | State Visit |
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Morocco | Marrakesh | 14 – 18 November | United Nations Climate Change conference |
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Uganda | Kampala | 20 – 21 November | Diplomats Forum |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2017:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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India | Ahmedabad | 9 – 11 January | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 28 – 31 January | 28th African Union heads of state summit |
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Somalia | Mogadishu | 22 February | Inauguration of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed |
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Somalia | Dhobley | 18 March | Visiting Kenya Defence Forces stations in Somalia |
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United Kingdom | London | 10 March - 13 March | 3rd Somalia Conference |
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China | Beijing | 13 March - 18 March | Belt and Road Initiative Forum |
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Italy | Taormina | 26 May - 28 May | 43rd G7 summit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2018:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 26-30 January | AU Summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 22 – 24 February | EAC Summit and Retreat |
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Cuba | Havana | 14-17 March | State Visit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 21 March | 10th Extraordinary Session of the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit |
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Mozambique | Maputo | 29 March-2 April | State Visit |
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United Kingdom | London | 16-22 April | Commonwealth Summit |
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Canada | Quebec | 6-13 June | G7 Summit |
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United States | Washington, D.C. | 26-28 August | State Visit |
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China | Beijing | 2-4 September | 2018 Forum on China–Africa Cooperation |
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United States | New York City | 24-26 September | 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly |
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Tanzania | Namanga | 1 December | Namanga One-Stop Border Post launch |
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Austria | Vienna | 17 December - 18 December | High-Level Africa-Europe Forum |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2019:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 9 February - 11 February | 32nd AU Summit Heads of State and Government Summit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 1 March | State Visit |
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Rwanda | Gabiro | 11 March | State Visit |
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Namibia | Windhoek | 21 March - 23 March | State Visit |
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Mauritius | Port Louis | 9 April - 12 April | State Visit |
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China | Beijing | 24 April - 26 April | 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 11 May | Transform Africa Summit 2019 |
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Canada | Vancouver | 3 June - 6 June | Global Conference on Women and Girls |
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Zambia | Livingstone | 26 July - 27 July | Zamiba National Economic Summit |
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Jamaica | Kingston | 5 August - 8 August | State Visit |
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Barbados | Bridgetown | 8 August - 10 August | State Visit |
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Sudan | Khartoum | 17 August | State Visit |
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Japan | Yokohama | 26 August - 28 August | 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development |
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Zimbabwe | Harare | 14 September | Robert Mugabe Funeral |
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Singapore | Singapore | 19 September - 21 September | State Visit |
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United States | New York City | 22-26 September | 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 11 October | State Visit |
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Japan | Tokyo | 22 October | Naruhito Coronation |
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Russia | Sochi | 23 October - 24 October | First Russia-Africa Summit |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 29 October - 30 October | Future Investment Initiative 2019 |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2020:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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United Kingdom | London | 20 January - 22 January | State Visit |
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United States | Washington, D.C. | 5 February - 7 February | State Visit |
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France | Paris | 1 October - 3 October | State Visit |
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Vatican City | Vatican City | 6 November | State Visit |
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Italy | Rome | 7 November | State Visit |
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Djibouti | Djibouti | 20 December | 38th IGAD Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2021:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Tanzania | Dodoma | 22 March | John Magufuli funeral |
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Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa | 20 April - 22 April | State Visit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 12 May | Yoweri Museveni inauguration |
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Djibouti | Djibouti | 15 May | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh inauguration |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 8 June - 9 June | State Visit |
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Turkey | Antalya | 18 June - 19 June | State Visit |
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Belgium | Brussels | 21 June - 22 June | State Visit |
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France | Paris | 30 June - 1 July | State Visit |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 2 July | Kenneth Kaunda funeral |
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United Kingdom | London | 28 July - 30 July | Global Education Summit |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 24 August | Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 4 October | Inauguration of Abiy Ahmed |
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Barbados | Bridgetown | 5 October - 7 October | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 15 |
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United States | New York City, Washington, D.C. | 11 October - 15 October | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 14 November | State Visit |
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South Africa | Pretoria, Eastern Cape | 22 November - 24 November | State Visit |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 9 December - 10 December | State Visit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 5 - 6 February | 35th Ordinary session of the African Union |
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United Arab Emirates | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | 14 - 16 February | Kenya National Day Inauguration at Expo 2020 |
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Belgium | Brussels | 18 - 20 February | Africa-Europe Summit |
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Switzerland | Bern | 19 - 21 May | State Visit |
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Sweden | Stockholm | 2 - 3 June | Stockholm+50 International environment meeting |
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Somalia | Mogadishu | 9 June | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Inauguration |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 24 - 25 June | 26th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations |
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Portugal | Lisbon | 27 - 29 June | UN Ocean Conference 2022, State Visit |
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Seychelles | Mahé, Vallée de Mai | 17 - 19 July | State Visit |
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Tanzania | Arusha | 21 - 22 July | 22nd EAC Ordinary summit |
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