Vice President Radhakrishnan Meets Kenya Parliamentary Delegation

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan held talks with Kenyan National Assembly Speaker Moses M. Wetang’ula, focusing on parliamentary cooperation, digital technology, capacity building and development partnership between India and Kenya.

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan held talks with Kenyan National Assembly Speaker Moses M. Wetang’ula in New Delhi, highlighting the longstanding parliamentary and development ties between India and Kenya. Wetang’ula is leading a Kenyan parliamentary delegation on a bilateral visit to India.

Radhakrishnan emphasised the importance of expanding parliamentary exchanges and offered to share India's experience in technology and digital solutions. He particularly highlighted India's use of digital platforms to move towards a more paperless Parliament.

Digital cooperation is emerging as an important area of engagement between the two countries. India has also expressed its willingness to share parliamentary technology and artificial intelligence solutions that can improve transparency, efficiency, inclusiveness and public participation.

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The Vice President also highlighted India's development partnership with Kenya. India has supported several projects through grant assistance, including the refurbishment of the Mahatma Gandhi Graduate Library at the University of Nairobi and the establishment of CT scan infrastructure at the Kenyan Navy Base in Mtongwe.

Radhakrishnan recalled India's humanitarian assistance to Kenya during the Ebola outbreak, when India supplied an initial 4.5 tonnes of medical supplies. Such initiatives, he said, reflect the broader development-oriented nature of India's engagement with Kenya.

Focus on Capacity Building: Capacity building remains another important component of bilateral cooperation. India currently offers around 400 scholarships and training programmes for Kenyan officials from different government ministries. Twenty Kenyan diplomats are also undergoing capacity-building programmes in India.

The number of ICCR scholarships for long-term courses available to Kenyan students has increased from 80 to 100 annually, further strengthening educational and institutional exchanges.

India and Kenya have also expanded parliamentary engagement through friendship groups and delegation exchanges. Training programmes organised by India's Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) have provided Kenyan parliamentarians and officials with opportunities to learn from India's parliamentary experience.

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The visit comes amid broader efforts to deepen India-Kenya relations across development, technology, education and institutional cooperation. People-to-people links have also remained an important foundation of the relationship, with Kenya recognising the contribution of its Indian-origin community.

The latest discussions therefore underline the potential for stronger cooperation in digital governance, parliamentary technology, capacity building and development initiatives, while reinforcing the wider bilateral partnership between India and Kenya.