“especially in South Sudan where His Holiness Pope Francis is personally involved.”

According to report “Kenya’s stature as a guarantor of regional peace and stability is set to rise in the coming months” as the country takes up its non-permanent seat on the United Nations (UN) Security Council in January 2021, a seat designated for African countries and which Kenya won mid this year, giving it a chance to speak on behalf of Africa to come up with reforms and policies that favour the African continent.

President Uhuru who is in Rome at the invitation of the Pope, is the first Kenyan head of State to visit the Vatican since Kenya established diplomatic ties with the Holy See in 1965.

The report further disclosed that prior to Uhuru’s arrival in Rome, Kenya’s envoy to the Vatican Prof Judi Wakhungu said the President’s “rare audience with the Holy Father signifies the high regard in which Pope Francis holds the Kenyan leader.”

She is quoted to have said, “This visit is extremely rare. The reason that it is rare is that it is not usual for the Holy Father to have an audience with just any Head of State. He values the role that our President is playing in very many aspects.”