Kenya and the United Kingdom continue to unlock new economic opportunities under the Strategic Partnership Framework signed in July 2025, driving stronger trade, investment and green growth.
During a bilateral engagement on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in London, I briefed the Rt. Hon. Yvette Cooper, MP, UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on progress in tendering for the Nairobi Central Station under the flagship Nairobi Railway City Project. Our partnership is already yielding results, with bilateral trade surpassing £2 billion (KSh 340 billion).
We also exchanged views on matters of mutual interest, including support for respective candidatures to the International Court of Justice, reinforcing the importance of continued collaboration within international and multilateral frameworks.
I invited UK firms to explore investment opportunities in Kenya’s expanding electric mobility sector and encouraged the UK’s participation in the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, which Kenya will host in July this year.
Amb. Maurice Makoloo, Kenya’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, joined me in the engagement.
By Anthony Solly
