By Bisola Adeyemo
Kenya and Malawi on Thursday signed eight agreements on politics, diplomacy, defense, fisheries and aquaculture, health and tourism, as well as cooperatives development.
News Zimbabwe stated that the bilateral was signed in Kenya by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera aim to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries.
According to Kenyatta, collaboration and consolidation of ties between the two countries would guarantee socioeconomic growth of their citizens and the African continent as a whole and called for effective implementation of the newly-signed agreements.
“Through the years, Kenya and Malawi have maintained a strong bond of friendship that has seen the two countries collaborate in initiatives aimed at securing the prosperity of our peoples.”
President Kenyatta said that the founding fathers of the two countries were committed to and envisioned a truly free Africa, noting that subsequent generations were required to innovate and transform their societies through economic emancipation and genuine political independence.
He stressed that a strong Kenya-Malawi partnership would enhance the two nations’ competitiveness, saying Nairobi was committed to working with the Southern Africa nation to ensure that the East African Community (EAC)-Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Areas and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) arrangements succeed, as Kenya believes that these arrangements, if well implemented, hold the answers to the continent’s African Solutions to African Problems doctrine.
