French President Emmanuel Macron will make a two?day state visit to Kenya mid next month. French Ambassador Aline Kuster?Menager, today confirmed that the French president will visit the country when she paid a courtesy call on President Uhuru Kenyatta at the state house, Nairobi.

President Kenyatta said he looks forward to hosting the French president, saying he expects the visit to break new grounds in the bilateral relations between Kenya and France. 

The proposed rapid transit train service between Nairobi central business district and the Jomo Kenyatta international airport is among projects expected to feature prominently when President Kenyatta hosts the French leader in Nairobi.