Uhuru heads to Ethiopia for Igad meet

President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre) confers with Deputy President William Ruto (right) and Head of Public Service Francis Kimemia (left) at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) before leaving for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend a regional summit May 3, 2013. PPS

President Uhuru Kenyatta has left the country for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) summit.

The President will be among regional leaders at the 21st Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of Igad member states.

President Kenyatta was seen off by Deputy President William Ruto, Head of the Public Service Francis Kimemia and other senior government officials at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Friday.