Kenyatta calls on all parties to unite and lay down arms in eastern DRC

Former president of Kenya and East African Community (EAC) facilitator on the peace process in the Eastern region of the Democtratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uhuru Kenyatta (C-L), and the President of Burundi and Chairperson of the EAC Heads of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye (C-R), attend a consultation on the current security situation in eastern DRC, in Bujumbura on November 4, 2022. © Tchandrou Nitanga / AFP

During his two-day visit to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta urged the Congolese to lay down arms and nurture a sense of patriotism. The visit came as troops in eastern DRC clashed anew with M23 rebels north of the key eastern city of Goma.

After Kenyatta landed in Kinshasa on Sunday 13 November, he held talks with DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi at the Presidential Palace of Mount Ngaliema.