President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Wednesday October 6, 2021 conferred the prestigious ‘Order of Freedom of Barbados’ award by the Governor of Barbados Dame Sandra Mason at Government House in Bridgetown.

The Award is the highest State Honor conferred on outstanding Barbadian citizens and foreign nationals for extraordinary service to Barbados, Carribean Diaspora or to humanity at large.

The Kenyan Head of State is in the Carribean nation to attend the ongoing UNCTAD15 conference during which he handed over the leadership of the global multilateral trade and development institution to Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.