President Uhuru Kenyatta jetted back into the country Thursday evening from the Mediterranean city of Marrakech, Morocco, where he addressed the United Nations climate change summit.
The plane carrying the President and his delegation touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport shortly before 9pm.
On arrival, Uhuru was received by senior government officials led by Majority Leader in Parliament Aden Duale, Foreign Affairs PS Monica Juma and Chief of Defence Forces, General Samson Mwathethe.
At the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22), Uhuru urged world leaders to remain committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change that gave hope to poorest countries.
In support of the agreement, he said his cabinet has approved its ratification and now awaits the final ratification by Parliament.
Uhuru welcomed the coming into force of the Paris Agreement, saying it will provide the much-needed impetus to address climate change for a safer future.
He emphasised the need to synchronise the implementation processes of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals.
He said the development of the rule book to guide the implementation of the Agreement must keep in focus its objective, principles and provisions of the convention, including equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.
While in Morocco, Uhuru also met 30 African leaders on the margins of the COP22 to drum up support for Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed, Kenya's candidate for the post of chairperson of the African Union Commission.
Among the leaders were those from Nigeria, Gabon, Rwanda, Seychelles, the Comoros, Sudan, Senegal and Chad
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