President Uhuru Kenyatta has left for a one-day official visit to Zambia.
He was seen off by government officials at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Tuesday.
Uhuru is expected to speak at the annual meetings of the continent’s premier financial institution, the Africa Development Bank.
The annual meetings, which will be held in the Zambian capital Lusaka, will focus on energy, climate change, and growing jobs for youth.
The President will lead a panel discussion on “The Path to Universal Access to energy in Africa by 2025”, drawing heavily from his own agenda to light up 70 per cent of Kenya’s homes by the end of 2017, and gaining universal access soon after.
Uhuru will also lead a second panel discussing “Jobs for African Youth: From Demographic dividend to Economic Dividend”. He will give his views on turning the African youth bulge into economic opportunity.
Later, the President is expected to focus on mitigating the challenges hindering youth from participating effectively in Africa’s social, economic, and political arenas.
Uhuru will fly back into the country immediately after the second panel. On Thursday, he will formally open the United Nations Environment Assembly at Gigiri, Nairobi.
