On March 22, Wu Peng arrived in Nairobi to start his tenure as the 16th Chinese Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative to Unep and UN-Habitat.
"Already, I have travelled to several cities, visited projects, including the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and met with some Kenyan friends from different walks of life. I am delighted to notice the thriving development in every sector here, verified by the hustle and bustle on construction sites", he writes in an editorial for the Daily Nation.
"It’s a good time for me to be here. The China-Kenya relationship is at its finest in history. President Xi Jinping and President Kenyatta have strengthened China-Kenya relations into Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership. The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) will be held in Beijing later this month, when President Kenyatta will once again visit China to meet with President Xi and other state leaders.
"The second China International Import Expo will be held in Shanghai this November, which would bring about another promotion opportunity for Kenyan coffee, tea, flowers and other agricultural and tourism products. This year, we will also celebrate the second anniversary of the opening of SGR as well as the completion of SGR Phase 2A. China-Kenya cooperation is certainly embracing a brighter future."