Uhuru Kenyatta became president following the Kenyan general election, 2013. The following is a list of presidential trips made by Uhuru Kenyatta since assuming office.
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Uhuru Kenyatta has made several foreign trips on four continents, with several visits around East Africa and Africa in particular.
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1 visit | Algeria, Austria, Botswana, Burundi, Cuba, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Seychelles, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Vatican City, Zimbabwe |
2 visits | Angola, Barbados, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia, Turkey, UAE |
3 visits | Djibouti, Italy, Japan, South Sudan, Sudan |
4 visits | Belgium, China, France, Somalia |
5+ visits | Ethiopia (20), Rwanda (10), South Africa (6), Tanzania (10), Uganda (11), United Kingdom (6), United States (7), Zambia (5) |
The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2013:
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Tanzania | Arusha | 27 April | Summit of EAC Heads of State[1] | |||
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 3 May | 21st Extraordinary IGAD Summit | |||
United Kingdom | London | 6 May – 8 May | Somalia Conference |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 9 May – 11 May | World Economic Forum |
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South Sudan | Juba | 24 May | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 25 May – 26 May | AU 50th Anniversary celebrations |
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Uganda | Entebbe | 24 – 26 June | State Visit |
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Burundi | Bujumbura | 1 July | State Visit |
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Nigeria | Abuja | 14 – 18 July | AU HIV and Aids summit |
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Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa | 18 July | State Visit |
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Uganda | Munyonyo | 4 August | AMISON summit |
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Russia | Moscow | 16 – 19 August | State Visit |
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China | Beijing | 19 – 24 August | State Visit |
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United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 25 – 27 August | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 12 October | AU Summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 28 – 30 October | State Visit |
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Kuwait | Kuwait City | 18 – 20 November | Africa-Arab Summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 30 November | 15th Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 9 - 11 December | Nelson Mandela Memorial Service |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2014:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Angola | Luanda | 15 – 16 January | State visit & 5th Summit of ICGLR Heads of State |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 29 January – 1 February | AU summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 19 – 20 February | Northern Corridor Meeting |
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South Sudan | Juba | 26 February | South Sudan Crisis Meeting |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 10 – 11 March | State Visit |
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Tanzania | Arusha | 14 March | EAC Summit |
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Belgium | Brussels | 2 – 3 April | Investment Summit |
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United Kingdom | London | April | Investment Summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 7 April | State Visit |
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Turkey | Ankara | 10 – 13 April | State Visit |
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Qatar | Doha | 21 – 23 April | State Visit |
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Nigeria | Abuja | 4 May – 7 May | State Visit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2015:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Algeria | Algiers | 24 – 26 February | State Visit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 7 March | 9th Northern Corridor Summit |
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Japan | Tokyo, Sendai | 11 – 15 March | State Visit and World Conference of Disaster Relief |
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Namibia | Windhoek | 21 – 22 March | Inauguration of Namibian President |
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Ethiopia | Bahir Dar | 18 April | Regional peace summit |
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Jordan | Aqaba | 18 – 23 April | Horn of Africa Coordination Meeting |
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United States | Los Angeles | 20 – 27 April | Milken Institute Global Conference |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 13 May | EAC Burundi Crisis summit |
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South Africa | Pretoria, Midrand | 17 May – 19 May | Pan-African Parliament |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 31 May | EAC Summit Burundi Crisis |
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Sudan | Khartoum | 2 June | Omar al-Bashir Inauguration |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | June | 25th AU summit |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 3 – 4 July | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 13 July | Global meet on Women Health |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 27 July | South Sudan Crisis summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 8 – 10 August | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 15 – 18 August | IGAD summit on South Sudan |
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South Sudan | Juba | 26 August | IGAD summit for South Sudan War |
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Italy | Rome, Milan | 7 – 10 September | State Visit, Milan Expo |
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United States | New York City | 24 September – 8 October | UN General Assembly |
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India | New Delhi | 27 – 30 October | State Visit and Africa-India Forum |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 6 November | President Magufuli inauguration |
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Malta | Valletta | 28 – 30 November | Commonwealth of Nations Summit |
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France | Paris | 30 November – 3 December | 2015 Climate change summit |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 3 – 5 December | FOCAC summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 10 – 11 December | 12th Northern Corridor Summit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2016:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 29 – 31 January | AU Summit |
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Israel | Jerusalem | 22 – 25 February | State Visit |
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Djibouti | Djibouti | 28 February | AMISON Summit |
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Tanzania | Arusha | 2 – 3 March | 17th EAC summit |
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Ghana | Accra | 6 – 7 March | Ghana Independence Day |
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France | Paris | 4 – 6 April | State Visit |
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Germany | Berlin | 6 – 8 April | State Visit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 23 April | 13th Northern Corridor Integration Projects Summit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 11 May | 26th World Economic Forum |
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Uganda | Kampala | 12 May | Yoweri Museveni inauguration |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 24 May | African Development Bank 2016 annual meeting |
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Angola | Luanda | 13 June | 6th International Conference on the Great Lakes Region |
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Belgium | Brussels | 15 – 17 June | European Development Days summit and State Visit. |
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Botswana | Gaborone | 27 – 30 June | State Visit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 4 July | 40th Anniversary of Entebbe hostage crisis |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 16 – 17 July | 27th Ordinary African Union Summit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 5 August | 2nd IGAD summit on South Sudan |
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Somalia | Mogadishu | 13 September | 28th IGAD Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government |
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Togo | Lomé | 14 – 16 October | African Union Extraordinary Summit on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa |
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Sudan | Khartoum | 30 – 31 October | State Visit |
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Morocco | Marrakesh | 14 – 18 November | United Nations Climate Change conference |
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Uganda | Kampala | 20 – 21 November | Diplomats Forum |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2017:
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India | Ahmedabad | 9 – 11 January | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 28 – 31 January | 28th African Union heads of state summit |
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Somalia | Mogadishu | 22 February | Inauguration of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed |
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Somalia | Dhobley | 18 March | Visiting Kenya Defence Forces stations in Somalia |
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United Kingdom | London | 10 March - 13 March | 3rd Somalia Conference |
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China | Beijing | 13 March - 18 March | Belt and Road Initiative Forum |
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Italy | Taormina | 26 May - 28 May | 43rd G7 summit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2018:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 26-30 January | AU Summit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 22 – 24 February | EAC Summit and Retreat |
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Cuba | Havana | 14-17 March | State Visit |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 21 March | 10th Extraordinary Session of the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit |
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Mozambique | Maputo | 29 March-2 April | State Visit |
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United Kingdom | London | 16-22 April | Commonwealth Summit |
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Canada | Quebec | 6-13 June | G7 Summit |
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United States | Washington, D.C. | 26-28 August | State Visit |
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China | Beijing | 2-4 September | 2018 Forum on China–Africa Cooperation |
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United States | New York City | 24-26 September | 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly |
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Tanzania | Namanga | 1 December | Namanga One-Stop Border Post launch |
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Austria | Vienna | 17 December - 18 December | High-Level Africa-Europe Forum |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2019:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 9 February - 11 February | 32nd AU Summit Heads of State and Government Summit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 1 March | State Visit |
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Rwanda | Gabiro | 11 March | State Visit |
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Namibia | Windhoek | 21 March - 23 March | State Visit |
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Mauritius | Port Louis | 9 April - 12 April | State Visit |
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China | Beijing | 24 April - 26 April | 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 11 May | Transform Africa Summit 2019 |
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Canada | Vancouver | 3 June - 6 June | Global Conference on Women and Girls |
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Zambia | Livingstone | 26 July - 27 July | Zamiba National Economic Summit |
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Jamaica | Kingston | 5 August - 8 August | State Visit |
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Barbados | Bridgetown | 8 August - 10 August | State Visit |
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Sudan | Khartoum | 17 August | State Visit |
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Japan | Yokohama | 26 August - 28 August | 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development |
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Zimbabwe | Harare | 14 September | Robert Mugabe Funeral |
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Singapore | Singapore | 19 September - 21 September | State Visit |
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United States | New York City | 22-26 September | 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 11 October | State Visit |
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Japan | Tokyo | 22 October | Naruhito Coronation |
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Russia | Sochi | 23 October - 24 October | First Russia-Africa Summit |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 29 October - 30 October | Future Investment Initiative 2019 |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2020:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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United Kingdom | London | 20 January - 22 January | State Visit |
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United States | Washington, D.C. | 5 February - 7 February | State Visit |
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France | Paris | 1 October - 3 October | State Visit |
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Vatican City | Vatican City | 6 November | State Visit |
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Italy | Rome | 7 November | State Visit |
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Djibouti | Djibouti | 20 December | 38th IGAD Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta during 2021:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Tanzania | Dodoma | 22 March | John Magufuli funeral |
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Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa | 20 April - 22 April | State Visit |
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Uganda | Kampala | 12 May | Yoweri Museveni inauguration |
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Djibouti | Djibouti | 15 May | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh inauguration |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 8 June - 9 June | State Visit |
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Turkey | Antalya | 18 June - 19 June | State Visit |
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Belgium | Brussels | 21 June - 22 June | State Visit |
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France | Paris | 30 June - 1 July | State Visit |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 2 July | Kenneth Kaunda funeral |
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United Kingdom | London | 28 July - 30 July | Global Education Summit |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 24 August | Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 4 October | Inauguration of Abiy Ahmed |
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Barbados | Bridgetown | 5 October - 7 October | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 15 |
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United States | New York City, Washington, D.C. | 11 October - 15 October | State Visit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 14 November | State Visit |
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South Africa | Pretoria, Eastern Cape | 22 November - 24 November | State Visit |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 9 December - 10 December | State Visit |
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The following international trips were made by Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 5 - 6 February | 35th Ordinary session of the African Union |
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United Arab Emirates | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | 14 - 16 February | Kenya National Day Inauguration at Expo 2020 |
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Belgium | Brussels | 18 - 20 February | Africa-Europe Summit |
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Switzerland | Bern | 19 - 21 May | State Visit |
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Sweden | Stockholm | 2 - 3 June | Stockholm+50 International environment meeting |
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Somalia | Mogadishu | 9 June | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Inauguration |
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Rwanda | Kigali | 24 - 25 June | 26th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations |
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Portugal | Lisbon | 27 - 29 June | UN Ocean Conference 2022, State Visit |
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Seychelles | Mahé, Vallée de Mai | 17 - 19 July | State Visit |
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Tanzania | Arusha | 21 - 22 July | 22nd EAC Ordinary summit |
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