Leaders' expectations high as President Uhuru Kenyatta plans Kisumu maiden visit

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s security detail was on high alert when he visited Migori County to launch an anti-malaria campaign. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Kisumu,Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to make his maiden official visit to the county next week to open the second Governors’ Conference at Tom Mboya Labour College on April 21.

Uhuru and his deputy William Ruto have been visiting the larger Nyanza region but the lakeside city has never hosted them. In 2013, Uhuru passed Kisumu on the way to the burial of the former Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary General, Okuta Osiany.