The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has been authorized by President William Ruto to establish an embassy in Budapest, Hungary.
The President stated that the procedure should begin immediately and that the Mission would end in a year or two.
The embassy will assist improve relations between our two countries, according to President Ruto, who made this statement while hosting Dr. László Kövér, Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, at State House Nairobi.
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The Dedan Kimathi Comprehensive Cancer Management Center in Nyeri will be built thanks to the funding of Ksh6.2 billion from the Hungarian government, which was acknowledged by the president.
Additionally, the money will be used to create the Kabonyo Regional Service and Training Centre of Excellence and repair the Ahero Irrigation System in Kisumu County.
The Hungarian Speaker asserted that both nations’ parliaments had made significant contributions to advancing ties between Kenya and Hungary.
This comes a month after President William Ruto opened the Kenyan Embassy in Senegal, becoming the first-ever Kenyan embassy in a french-speaking West African country.
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Speaking after the opening, Ruto said the embassy will serve the West African region, terming the move as one of the milestones toward achieving integration in the African continent.
President Ruto also called for cooperation among the African heads of state to help address common problems, calling for states to back each other where need be.
He singled out the new commitment by his Senegalese counterpart President Macky Sall, who said he will throw weight behind the push to restore peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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