Details of the anticipated Trump-Uhuru phone conversation after the US leader initially ignored Kenyatta
- Presidents Trump and Uhuru are finally scheduled to speak
- This comes after Trump initially ignored Uhuru a couple of weeks ago when he called African leaders
- The two will speak for 30 minutes at 6.15 pm
United States of America President Donald Trump and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta are scheduled to speak on the phone at 6.15 pm on Tuesday, March 7.
US President Donald J. Trump.
This phone call with be the first between the two leaders since Trump took office on January 20.
Details have it that the phone call will last 30 minutes, and after the call, the super power leader will proceed to receive his daily intelligence briefing.
The BBC reported that Trump and Uhuru are scheduled to talk about the ongoing drought that was recently declared a national disaster, Somalia and regional security.
President Uhuru Kenyatta
Two weeks ago, President Trump made a round of calls to various African leaders including Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari and South Africa’s Jacob Zuma.
He did not call Uhuru despite the US asserting its influence in East Africa through Kenya.
The Kenyan Embassy in the United States was also blamed for the oversight as the ambassador, Robinson Njeru Githae, was busy in Kenya campaigning for an elective seat in Kirinyaga county.
However, Mark Bellamy, the former US ambassador to Kenya said the oversight was not serious as Trump was still formulating his policy for Africa.
Ambassador Robinson Githae
“Mr Trump’s Africa team is not yet in place. The president was likely urged by advisers to reach out to some prominent figures in Africa, so he called the heads
of the two largest states,” said Bellamy.
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