• Uhuru will fly from London to Sandringham Palace where he will hold bilateral consultation with Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales.
• After that meeting and tour, Uhuru will fly back to London and head to Chequers where he will be hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Wednesday hold talks with the leadership of the United Kingdom on the second day of his official visit.
In the morning, Uhuru will fly from London to Sandringham Palace where he will hold bilateral consultation with Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales.
Their discussions are to centre on post Covid-19 cooperation, Climate Change and Commonwealth matters.
The president will also take a tour of Sandringham Estate with his host.
Sandringham is a country retreat of the queen and has been the private home of four generations of the British Monarchs since 1862.
The 60 acres establishment is also open to the public at different costs with tours being pre-book by purchasing tickets.
A garden only ticket costs 13 GBP (Sh1,957); house and gardens (3,011); afternoon tea only (Sh4,516).
After that meeting and tour, Uhuru will fly back to London and head to Chequers where he will be hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Chequers is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Uhuru and Boris will hold bilateral consultations that will revolve around post Covid-19 cooperation and review of the Kenya-UK strategic partnership signed last year.
The two will also discuss the situation in the Horn of Africa and cooperation under the UN Security Council.
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On January 21, 2020, Uhuru and Boris agreed to elevate the Kenya-UK relationship into a strategic partnership under 5 pillars.
The first was Mutual Prosperity which resulted in a new Economic Partnership Agreement that was ratified by the Kenyan Parliament in May of this year, to boost trade worth already Sh200 billion a year.
On Tuesday, a cooperation pact was signed between the Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFC) and TheCityUK, a London business lobby group.
The partnership agreement will the two entities to collaborate in business and investment promotion.
The second was Security and Stability. Earlier this year, the two countries refreshed the Kenya-UK Security Compact to strengthen regional security and fight Al-Shabaab.
Further announcements on security cooperation are expected as part of the ongoing visit.
The third is Sustainable Development. The two countries have been working together on the Global Education Summit which Uhuru and Boris will co-chair on Thursday.
The UK also recently announced support to Kenya on genomic sequencing to track new COVID-19 variants.
The fourth pillar is Climate Change and in January, the two countries launched a Kenya-UK Year of Climate Action to drive Kenyan leadership in the region and agreed on a joint action plan on tackling climate change in Kenya.
On Tuesday, the UK announced Sh550 million of new funding to accelerate Kenya’s climate change initiatives.
The funding will support renewable energy projects, clean cooling and forest restoration.
This was during bilateral talks with COP26 president-Designate Alok Sharma and his delegation that included British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriot at Kew Gardens in London.
The fifth pillar in the 5-year strategic partnership document is People to People:
So far, the two countries have established links between universities and research institutions and new visa routes open to Kenyans who want to work and study in the UK.