PM to host Museveni in Kisumu
Prime Minister Raila Odinga is set to host Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in Kisumu on Saturday.
But President Kibaki who was earlier expected at the function will not be attending.
During the opening of the Kisumu International Airport early in the month, Mr Odinga announced that the President would make more trips to the region starting with Saturday's function.
The Ugandan President will preside over the launch of the Great Lakes University’s Kisumu Education Trust.
Mr Odinga and President Museveni struck the deal on the Great Lakes event last December when the Prime Minister presided at a fundraiser for Busoga University in Uganda.
The fundraiser, which was also attended by President Museveni, realised about UGSH900 million (about Ksh30 million).
The PM attended Busoga University fundraiser at the invitation of Ms Rebecca Kadaga, speaker of the Parliament of Uganda.
During the Busoga University fundraiser, President Museveni and Prime Minister Odinga pledged to champion cross border education as a way of speeding regional integration.
The PM and the Uganda leader have been having a close relations in the past two years.
In 2010, Mr Odinga was among the leaders who graced President Museveni’s re-election campaigns in Iganga district.
Initially the two had been at loggerheads over the Ownership of the rocky one acre island of Migingo on Lake Victoria.
During the 2007 post election crisis, ODM party took issue with Museveni’s move to send congratulatory messages to Kibaki on his reflection at a time when the outcome of the polls was disputed.
