Heads of state, envoys to attend Uhuru inauguration

By Standard Digital Reporter
Nairobi, Kenya: Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony of Uhuru Kenyatta as the fourth president of Kenya will be graced by a number of dignitaries among them Heads of state from Africa and special envoys from around the world.
By Monday evening, 15 Heads of state and 20 envoys had confirmed their attendance.

Heads of state
1. H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn - Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairman     of African Union
2. H.E. Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh - President of the Republic Djibouti
3. H.E.  Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mahmud - President of the Republic of Somali
4. H.E. Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit - President of the Republic of South Sudan
5. H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni - The President of the Republic of Uganda (COMESA))
6. H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete - President of the United Republic of Tanzania
7. H.E. Robert Mugabe - President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
8. H.E. Jacob Zuma - President of the Republic of South Africa
9. H.E. Paul Kagame - President of the Republic of Rwanda
10. H.E. Jonathan Goodluck - President of Nigeria
11. H.E.  Ali Bongo Ondimba - President of Gabon

12. H.E. Joseph Kabila Kabange - President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 13. H.E. Abdelilah Benkirane - Prime Minister of Morocco
14. H.E. Abelmalek Sellal - Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Algeria
15. H.E. Dr. Hisham Kandil - Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Special envoys 
1. H.E. Danny Faure -Vice President of the Republic of Seychelles
2. H.E. Mr. Terence Sinunguruza - First Vice President of the Republic of Burundi
3. Rt. Hon. Khumbo Kachali -Vice President of the Republic of Malawi
4. Hon. D. Guy Scott - Vice President of the Republic of Zambia
5.Hanna Serwaah Tetteh - Minister for Foreign Affairs & International Integration, Ghana
6. H.E. Suhail Mohamed Faraj Fares Almazrouei -Minister for Energy, UAE
7. H.E. Zhang Baowen - Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress as Special Envoy, China

8. H.E. Chonung Byoung gug - Special Envoy of President of President of Korea – Member of Parliament and former Minister of Culture & Sports

9. Mrs. Mmasekgoa  Masure-Mwanba - Deputy Secretary General  of the Commonwealth Secretariat
10. H.E. Dr.  Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma - Chairperson – African Union
11. H.E. Sindiso Ngwenya - Secretary General – COMESA
12. Amb. Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto - Under Secretary General for Political Affairs – Ministry of External Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil
13. Ambassador Maria de Lourdes Aranda Bezaury - Mexico
14. Rev.  Jesse Jackson - Special Guest of H.E. the President-Elect
15. Mrs. Rebecca Garang - Spouse of former President of the Republic of South Sudan
16. H.E.  Rupiah Banda - Former President of the Republic of Zambia
 17. H.E. Kenneth Kaunda - Former President of the Republic of Zambia
18. H.E. Archbishop Francisco M. Padilla - Special Envoy of His Holiness, Italy
19. H.E. Gitanjana Gunawardena - Special Envoy – Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation, Sri-Lanka
20. H.E. Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Minister of State for Human Resource & Special Envoy, India