His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Friday morning officially received by his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan at State House, Dar es Salaam on the second day of his two-day State Visit of the Republic of Tanzania.

As part of the elaborate State Reception, President Kenyatta inspected a Guard of Honour mounted by a detachment of the Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) and was accorded a 21-gun salute, the long-standing military honour reserved for visiting Heads of State and Government in the Commonwealth.

On Thursday, President Kenyatta was among several visiting Heads of States and Government, and other foreign dignitaries at a colourful celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of Mainland Tanzania’s independence at Uhuru Gardens in downtown Dar es Salaam.