Editor's Review

This comes barely a week after Mudavadi represented President Ruto during the inauguration of Nigeria’s President Ahmed Tinubu.

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is expected to leave the country Friday, June 2 embark on a two-day official visit to Luanda, Angola.

The office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary in a statement stated that Mudavadi will represent President William Ruto and lead the Kenyan delegation at the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the signatory Countries of the Framework agreement for peace, security and cooperation PCS for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“The Prime Cabinet Secretary will represent H.E. Dr. William Samoei Ruto, C.G.H. President of the Republic of Kenya and lead the Kenyan delegation at the summit of Heads of State and Government of the signatory Countries of the framework agreement for peace, security and cooperation for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region to be held on Saturday, 3' June 2023,” the statement read in part.- 

File image of Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi.

The summit will provide a forum for heads of state and governments of the signatory countries provides a forum for discussing the progress made towards achieving these objectives and identify any challenges or obstacles that need to be addressed.

The summit is a follow-up to the 11th session held in May in Bujumbura, Burundi. 

The framework agreement for peace, Security, and cooperation in DRC and the region was signed by eleven African countries including Kenya in 2013 with the aim of promoting peace, stability, and development in the country and the Great Lakes region of Africa.

The visit comes barely a week after Mudavadi left the country to represent President Ruto during the inauguration of Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.