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Brazil is looking to step up its partnership with Kenya in cotton production as well as promote trade and economic cooperation between the two countries through business missions.

Brazil is keen on boosting its cooperation to enhance Kenya’s capacity in cotton production under an initiative that also includes Tanzania and Burundi, Ambassador Fernando Coimbra said.

Amb. Coimbra was among five new ambassadors who today presented credentials to President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi, at the start of their mission in Kenya.

The other four incoming ambassadors were Amb. Ahmet Cemil Miroglu (Turkey), Amb. Jabr Bin Ali Hussein (Qatar), Amb. Burhan Namik Salim Al-Jaf (Iraq) and Amb. Marta Eugenia Juarez Ruiz (Costa Rica).

“I will endeavour to expand this portfolio of technical cooperation between our countries. I will also work tirelessly to promote mutual awareness through cultural exchanges and enhance participation of Kenyans in the Brazilian exchange programmes for undergraduate and graduate students,” the incoming Brazilian Ambassador to Kenya said.

In October 2016, the three East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi signed an agreement with Brazil on the Cotton Victoria Project – a regional initiative to strengthen the cotton sector in the Lake Victoria basin. The project will run for four years at a cost of $ 13 million.