Inside Musalia Mudavadi’s trip to Hungary
By Francis Muli, March 10, 2025Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign, and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi left for Budapest, Hungary.
In a statement on Monday, March 10, 2025, Director, Press Services at the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Jacob Ng’etich said Mudavadi is scheduled to sign several MoUs between Kenya and Hungary in different fields.
Mudavadi is also scheduled to pay a courtesy call to Tama Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary between March 10 and 13, 2025.
“Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign, and Diaspora Affairs left for Budapest, Hungary today for the signing of several Memoranda of Understanding between Kenya and Hungary in different fields, and also pay a courtesy meeting to H.E Dr. Tama Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary between the 10th-13th of February 2025,” Mudavadi stated.
“Mudavadi’s visit follows an invitation from His Excellency Péter Szijjártó, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, a reciprocal visit given that Minister Szijjártó visited Kenya early last year, where they discussed issues of mutual interest between our countries.”
Mudavadi is expected to sign two Memoranda of Understanding between Kenya and Hungary in the fields of education and agriculture.
“These two MoUs will cement Kenya and Hungary’s aspiration to promote bilateral partnerships and open up new avenues for collaboration in these areas among others, owing to the enormous potential available,” Ng’etich added.
“Hungary is an important partner to Kenya in the Education sector and offers Kenyan students 200 scholarships annually through the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme. In the agriculture sector, Minister Péter Szijjártó, and Dr. Mudavadi will firm up the working arrangement on the exchange of expertise and best agricultural practices to enhance agricultural productivity in both our countries.”
Ng’etich says Hungary has already established a Demo Farm in one of Kenya’s agriculturally productive counties, designed to showcase Hungarian agricultural technology and innovation and serve as a model for modern and sustainable farming practices. He says the MOU on agriculture will improve levels of Foreign Direct Investment from the two countries in diverse fields of the economy, especially in the agricultural value-addition industries.
Other areas of interest that Mudavadi will pursue with the Hungarian government include the energy sector, where he will push for the implementation of the MOU for Cooperation in the Field of Training and Education of Atomic Industry on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy signed during Minister Péter Szijjártó’s visit to Nairobi early last year.
The MOU agreed on the exchange capacity for the use of nuclear energy as an alternative source of clean renewable energy.
“Mudavadi and Szijjártó will push for the revitalization of the relations between the two countries’ long-standing relationship that dates back to when Kenya gained independence in 1963. Hungary was the 6th country to establish a Mission in Nairobi in 1964,” he added.