ʻOkakopa 17, Ua hele ka Luna Hoʻokele a me ka Luna Nui o Sinoroader Group i ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Kenya-China Investment Exchange.

ʻO Kenya ka hoa hoʻolālā holoʻokoʻa o Kina ma ʻApelika a he ʻāina hoʻohālike no ka hui pū ʻana o Kina-ʻApelika i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hana "Belt and Road". ʻO kekahi o nā pahuhopu o ka Belt and Road Initiative ʻo ia ka holo ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana o nā waiwai a me nā kānaka. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o nā poʻo mokuʻāina ʻelua, ua lilo ka pilina o Kina me Kenya i kumu hoʻohālike o ka lokahi, ka launa pū ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala maʻamau ma waena o Kina a me ʻApelika.

ʻO Kenya kekahi o nā ʻāina koʻikoʻi ma ʻApelika hikina ma muli o kona wahi a me nā mea maka. ʻIke ʻo Kina iā Kenya ma ke ʻano he hoa pili lōʻihi no ka mea e pōmaikaʻi ana kekahi i kekahi i ka ʻoihana a me ka politika.

Ma ke kakahiaka o ʻOkakopa 17, ua hana ʻo Pelekikena Ruto i kahi huakaʻi kūikawā e hele ai i ka "Kenya-China Investment Exchange Conference" i mālama ʻia e ka Kenya-China General Chamber of Commerce. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i ke kūlana o Kenya ma ke ʻano he kikowaena o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o nā ʻoihana Kina ma ʻApelika a ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻokumu i kahi hui hoʻolālā ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua a me ko lākou poʻe. ʻO kahi hui e pōmaikaʻi ai. Manaʻo nui ʻo Kenya e hoʻonui i kona pilina me Kina, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻōnaehana o Kenya, a hoʻoikaika i ka ulu ʻana o ke kālepa ma waena o Kenya a me Kina ma lalo o ka "Belt and Road" initiative.

He mōʻaukala lōʻihi ko Kina a me Kenya,  I nā makahiki he ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua hana ikaika ʻo Kina me Kenya, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Kenya iā Kina a mahalo i kāna ʻoihana Belt and Road Initiative ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike no nā ʻāina kūkulu.