Private Sector Leaders Meet the President Elect in Kenya

On March 13th 2013, the president-elect of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy requested to meet the private sector leaders under the flagship of KEPSA. The meetings aim was to introduce the office of the president-elect and highlight what they have envisioned for businesses. The overarching discussion was how to improve the public-private partnership working mechanism that has been in existence and how to make sure that the economy attains its GDP growth of 10% from the current 4.5%. KEPSA took the opportunity to present NBA 2 which is the agenda for business after a successful engagement with Government on NBA 1 for the last 5 years. Carole Kariuki, KEPSA CEO begun by introducing the KEPSA officials who represent the various sectors of the economy. She also asked the president-elect and his deputy to continue engaging with KEPSA as they have done in the past during their different designations in cabinet positions. She highlighted the need to continue the engagement they had started under the Public Private Dialogue (PPD) structure. She noted that this engagement will enhance an enabling business environment for the next 5 years.