Nairobi, May 16 -- Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is on a two-day State visit to Kenya.

Speaking at the closing session of the second Uganda-Kenya Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) at the Sheraton Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mr Musalia Mudavadi, said the state visit would provide the two countries with "an excellent opportunity to exchange views and review progress on the many bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest".

The JPC opened on Monday, with technocrats from both countries reviewing the outcomes of the first JPC, which took place in March 2019.

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