Kenya, South Africa to strengthen ties

Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed speaks, during a Reuters interview in capital Nairobi April 7, 2015. Kenya needs more help from its U.S. and European allies with intelligence and security measures to help prevent further massacres by Somali militants, Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed told Reuters on Tuesday. Picture taken April 7, 2015 [PHOTO/REUTERS]

Kenya and South Africa will in the next two weeks enter a Joint Commission of Co-operation (JCC) that will see the two countries take their relationship to the next level.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his counterpart Jacob Zuma instructed the two foreign ministers to move with speed to ensure bilateral issues are addressed for the benefit of the people of the two countries.