Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has today, 12 September 2022 departed for Nairobi, Kenya, to join other Presidents, Heads of State and Government, and leaders for the inauguration ceremony of newly elected Kenyan President, William Ruto.

The ceremony will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 13 September 2022 in the Kenyan Capital, Nairobi.

“President Bio, who is accompanied by ECOWAS Speaker of ParliamentSide. Sidie Mohamed Tunis, Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Rahman Swaray and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadi Gobeh Kamara, will be returning on Wednesday 14 September 2022,” a statement from State House revealed.

Seventeen Presidents, eight Prime Ministers and Deputy Presidents and seven foreign ministers had by Sunday confirmed they would attend the inauguration.

United States President Joseph Biden on 10 September announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the inauguration, led by the Honourable Katherine Tai, US Trade Representative.