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President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives in Arusha to witness signing of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement agreement

President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Arusha, Tanzania, this morning to witness the historic signing of an agreement between South Sudan’s rival factions of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).

President Kenyatta is attending the ceremony as the IGAD rapporteur.

The plane carrying the President touched down at Kilimanjaro International Airport shortly after11 a.m.

The warring SPLM factions reached a successful conclusion to the dialogue after intense negotiations which have been on going in Tanzania.

Other regional leaders expected at the event are host President Jakaya Kikwete, President  Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, South Africa’sDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, President  Salva Kiir of South Sudan, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Former Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar.

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