President Ruto is slated for a trip to the United States, the first one since Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
He made the revelation on August 16, during the 97th Kenya Music Festival State Concert held at the Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri County.
According to the Head of State, he would be attending the 90th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Ruto set for maiden US visit during Trump’s presidency. Photo: Courtesy.
Ruto vowed to leverage the sidelines of the general assembly to meet with the big tech companies to negotiate viable deals for the Kenyan content creators.
First on his to-do list will be to meet with the representatives of the Meta-owned Facebook.
The president moreover noted that he would seek to negotiate with the company to integrate M-Pesa into the platform’s money trail to make it easy for Kenyans monetising their content to process their payouts.
Furthermore he is expected to work with the organisers of the Grammy Awards to push for the setting of a recording studio in Nairobi and prepare Kenya for one of the label’s high-level events.
This would be Ruto’s first visit to the United States after President Donald Trump returned to the White House in Washington, D.C.
He was last there in September 2024 when he attended the 79th United Nations General Assembly.
