Kenya seeks to tap into over Sh1 trillion US investment in Africa

President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shakes hands with US president Barrack Obama in South Africa during Nelson Mandela's memorial ceremony.

Washington DC: Kenya stands to reap big from a thaw in its previously frosty engagement with the US government, which is now targeting Africa with Sh1.23 trillion ($14 billion) worth of investment goodies.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is among 40 African leaders at the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, a global coup for US President Barack Obama, whose administration had been accused of playing second fiddle to a resurgent China and faced hostility from the African Union over the trials of Uhuru and his deputy William Ruto at the International Criminal Court (ICC).