LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Kenya

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

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409Engagements
383Visits
19Phone calls
7Video conferences
16Signed agreements
73Destination countries
22Officials recorded
270Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Kenya's leaders recorded 409 engagements: 383 in-person visits, 19 phone calls and 7 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2024, with 48 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (87 engagements), followed by Ethiopia and Tanzania. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 96% of engagements. 16 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 270 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Uhuru Kenyatta (President), with 170 engagements between 2013 and 2022.

Activity by year

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

1990: 1 engagement1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 2 engagements1994: 4 engagements1995: 3 engagements1996: 3 engagements1997: 3 engagements1998: 2 engagements1999: 3 engagements2000: 5 engagements2001: 4 engagements2002: 4 engagements2003: 4 engagements2004: 2 engagements2005: 5 engagements2006: 4 engagements2007: 5 engagements2008: 3 engagements2009: 3 engagements2010: 2 engagements2011: 5 engagements2012: 7 engagements2013: 22 engagements2014: 18 engagements2015: 28 engagements2016: 26 engagements2017: 13 engagements2018: 16 engagements2019: 22 engagements2020: 10 engagements2021: 26 engagements2022: 21 engagements2023: 45 engagements2024: 48 engagements2025: 38 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America87
  • Ethiopia39
  • Tanzania29
  • Uganda22
  • Rwanda15
  • China14
  • United Kingdom13
  • South Africa10
  • France9
  • South Sudan8
  • Zambia7
  • Ghana6

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations391
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs229
  • Trade and Economic Relations164
  • 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.22255254 [Kenya country profile. Accessed 2 September 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 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Kenya's own officials.