LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Kenya

650 recorded engagements by Kenya's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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650Engagements
624Visits
19Phone calls
7Video conferences
38Signed agreements
84Destination countries
22Officials recorded
395Multilateral summits

LEAD records 38 signed agreements for Kenya; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Kenya's leaders recorded 650 engagements: 624 in-person visits, 19 phone calls and 7 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2024, with 49 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (89 engagements), followed by Tanzania and Ethiopia. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 97% of engagements. 38 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 395 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Uhuru Kenyatta (President), with 203 engagements between 2013 and 2022.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Kenya, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 12 engagements1991: 9 engagements1992: 8 engagements1993: 8 engagements1994: 11 engagements1995: 10 engagements1996: 9 engagements1997: 6 engagements1998: 11 engagements1999: 10 engagements2000: 22 engagements2001: 23 engagements2002: 23 engagements2003: 13 engagements2004: 11 engagements2005: 15 engagements2006: 10 engagements2007: 8 engagements2008: 10 engagements2009: 14 engagements2010: 11 engagements2011: 14 engagements2012: 14 engagements2013: 25 engagements2014: 26 engagements2015: 30 engagements2016: 28 engagements2017: 16 engagements2018: 19 engagements2019: 27 engagements2020: 11 engagements2021: 28 engagements2022: 26 engagements2023: 45 engagements2024: 49 engagements2025: 38 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America89
  • Tanzania68
  • Ethiopia61
  • Uganda56
  • United Kingdom28
  • South Africa25
  • Rwanda23
  • China15
  • Zambia14
  • France13
  • Sudan12
  • Egypt12

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations632
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs354
  • Trade and Economic Relations202
  • Security and Defense76
  • Development and Aid42
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues41
  • Financial and Monetary Issues33
  • International Conflicts and Crises24
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity18
  • Environment and Climate Change17
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation9
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism9

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [Kenya country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/kenya.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Kenya's own officials.