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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>President William Ruto has opened up on Kenya’s relationship with China and the US but remained reserved on which he prefers most as a trade partner.<\/p>\n

Ruto said Kenya partners with foreign countries that are ready to offer opportunities.<\/p>\n

The President was speaking in an interviwe with CNN’s Richard Quest on Friday who sought to know which between China or the US he prefers to work with.<\/p>\n

“You’ll forgive me but I will just put it straight foward in good blunt terms. If a choice is made between investment by China and United States and companies, which would you prefer?” Quest asked.<\/p>\n

Ruto said the conversation on which country Kenya chooses to invest with has been brought up several times.<\/p>\n

He said Kenya is putting her focus where her resources are most needed to create opportunities for its people and Africa at large.<\/p>\n

“People want to pull us to a conversation on whether we are facing East or we are facing West. We are neither facing West nor East, we are facing forward where opportunities are,” Ruto said.<\/p>\n

The President said that Kenya and other African countries are committing their assets to where opportunities are.<\/p>\n

“We are working in a manner to make sure that opportunities are unlocked,” he said.<\/p>\n

“In Kenya, 90 per cent of our grid is green, which is why we are working with Microsoft to put together the first-ever gigawatt data centre, we are looking at where our opportunities are to create jobs, create wealth and take Kenya as well as Africa in the same direction.”<\/p>\n

During his four-day state visit to the US, the Ruto managed to woo investors into investing in Kenya and witnessed the signing of several bilateral agreements.<\/p>\n

The President urged investors in the United States to partner with Kenya for the benefit of both countries.<\/p>\n

He said Kenya has a strong economic interest and promising collaborations in trade and investment with US businesses.<\/p>\n

“I want to affirm your confidence in entering or expanding your cooperation in our market and to ask and answer the question; what can we do for you and what can we do together?’ he said.<\/p>\n

Ruto said that Kenya is committed to eradicating unemployment, poverty, hunger, disease and inequalities through the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.<\/p>\n

He said this will allow the country to focus on effective strategies to deliver rapid and inclusive growth and enhance productivity.<\/p>\n

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