Prime Cabinet Secretary Dr. Musalia Mudavadi has left the country for an official visit to Hungary.
During the visit, Mudavadi, who also doubles up as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, is expected to sign several Memoranda of Understanding between Kenya and Hungary.
The Prime CS will also pay a courtesy meeting with the President of the Republic of Hungary to Dr. Tama Sulyok between the 10th-13th of February 2025.
In a press release issued on Monday, March 10, 2025, Dr. Mudavadi, Director of Communication, Jacob Ng’etich, said the visit follows an invitation from Hungary’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó.
“It is a reciprocal visit given that Minister Szijjártó visited Kenya early last year, where they discussed issues of mutual interest between our countries,” read part of the press release.
Which MoUs will Mudavadi sign while in Hungary?
The Memoranda of Understanding that Mudavadi that will sign between Kenya and Hungary is in the fields of: Education, and Agriculture.
These two MoUs will cement Kenya and Hungary’s aspiration to promote bilateral partnerships and open up new avenues for collaboration in these areas, among others, owing to the enormous potential available.
“Hungary is an important partner to Kenya in the Education sector and offers Kenyan students 200 scholarships annually through the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme,” Mudavadi’s office noted.
In the agriculture sector, Minister Péter Szijjártó and Dr. Mudavadi will firm up the working arrangement on the exchange of expertise and best agricultural practices to enhance agricultural productivity in both our countries.
Hungary has already established a Demo Farm in one of Kenya’s agriculturally productive counties, designed to showcase Hungarian agricultural technology and innovation and serve as a model for modern and sustainable farming practices.
The MOU on agriculture will improve levels of Foreign Direct Investment from the two countries in diverse fields of the economy, especially in the agricultural value-addition industries.
Other areas of interest that Dr. Mudavadi will pursue with the Hungarian government include the energy sector, where he will push for the implementation of the MOU for Cooperation in the Field of Training and Education of Atomic Industry on the Peaceful 1 of 2 Uses of Nuclear Energy signed during Minister Péter Szijjártó’s visit to Nairobi early last year.
The MOU agreed on the exchange capacity for the use of nuclear energy as an alternative source of clean, renewable energy.
In addition, Mudavadi and Szijjártó will push for the revitalization of the relations between the two countries’ long-standing relationship that dates back to when Kenya gained independence in 1963. Hungary was the 6th country to establish a Mission in Nairobi in 1964.
