JONATHAN JETS OUT TO KENYA ON STATE VISIT

President Goodluck Jonathan will, on Thursday, embark on a three-day
state visit to Kenya in furtherance of efforts to boost bilateral
cooperation between Nigeria and that country which were initiated
during President Uhuru Kenyatta's visit to Abuja in July this year.
The visit at the invitation of Kenyatta Bilateral which will also
involve talks between Nigeria and Kenya in Nairobi on Friday will
focus on the expansion of cooperation between the two countries in the
areas of trade, economic development, agriculture and tourism
development.
President Jonathan, who will be accompanied on the trip by the First
Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry, Trade & Investment,
Interior, Petroleum Resources and Culture, Tourism & National
Orientation is also scheduled to participate in a business forum with
leading Kenyan and Nigerian investors.
He will address a joint session of the Kenyan Parliament and meet
Nigerians resident in the country before returning to Abuja.