{"id":9562,"date":"2018-04-01T21:46:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9562"},"modified":"2018-04-01T21:46:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:46:49","slug":"mozambicans-no-longer-require-visas-to-visit-kenya-kenyatta","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/mozambicans-no-longer-require-visas-to-visit-kenya-kenyatta\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozambicans no longer require visas to visit Kenya &#8211; Kenyatta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--News programBlockHeader\">\n<p class=\"article__title\">Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta has told Mozambicans that they will no longer require a visa to visit his country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>Kenyatta announced the scrapping of the visa requirement during a state banquet hosted for him and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta by President Filipe Nyusi and the First Lady of Mozambique, Isaura Nyusi, at the Ponta Vermelha Palace in Maputo on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur forefathers fought for political liberation. It falls upon us to ensure economic liberation to ensure the artificial boundaries created by former colonial masters are removed and that our people are free to travel, trade, do business and marry without obstacles,\u201d President Kenyatta said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__quote\">It falls upon us to ensure economic liberation to ensure the artificial boundaries created by former colonial masters are removed and that our people are free to travel, trade, do business and marry without obstacles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset ImageGrid ImageGrid--4 ImageGrid--roundedTop\"><a class=\"ImageGrid-image ImageGrid-image-0 CroppedImage CroppedImage--fillWidth\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidentKE\/status\/979621372891627520\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CroppedImage-image js-cspForcedStyle\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DZhQU41X4AAOejA?format=jpg&amp;name=360x360\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"925\" \/><\/a><a class=\"ImageGrid-image ImageGrid-image-1 CroppedImage CroppedImage--fillWidth\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidentKE\/status\/979621372891627520\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CroppedImage-image js-cspForcedStyle\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DZhQXUFXcAAl1XN?format=jpg&amp;name=360x360\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><a class=\"ImageGrid-image ImageGrid-image-2 CroppedImage CroppedImage--fillWidth\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidentKE\/status\/979621372891627520\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CroppedImage-image js-cspForcedStyle\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DZhQZBSWkAA4MHi?format=jpg&amp;name=360x360\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"902\" \/><\/a><a class=\"ImageGrid-image ImageGrid-image-3 CroppedImage CroppedImage--fillWidth\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidentKE\/status\/979621372891627520\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CroppedImage-image js-cspForcedStyle\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DZhQa4CX4AIU9j5?format=jpg&amp;name=360x360\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle--top tweet-InformationCircle--topEdge tweet-InformationCircle\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidentKE\/status\/979621372891627520\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidentKE\/status\/979621372891627520<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">President Kenyatta added that Kenya will this year open a consulate in Maputo with the aim of having a full mission next financial year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Noting that there were seasoned Kiswahili speakers in both Mozambique and Kenya, President Kenyatta said that placed an added responsibility on the two countries to promote Swahili, which is now officially an African Union (AU) language.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union is pursuing an ambitious integration agenda that includes free trade, free movement of persons, a single african sky and common currency among others.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique and Kenya are among the forty four African countries that signed the agreement to establish a continental free trade area in Rwanda last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Agencies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta has told Mozambicans that they will no longer require a visa to visit his country. 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