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UK-Kenya Trade & Investment Forum London 3rd December 2013 08.00am – 09.15am Registration and Refreshments 09.15am – 09.45am Welcoming Address Atam Sandhu, Chief Executive, Developing Markets Associates Fiona Woolf, The Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Sir Paul Judge, Sheriff of the City of London HE Ephraim Ngare, Kenyan High Commissioner to the UK Rt. Hon Mark Simmonds MP, Foreign Office Minister for Africa (TBC) Jeremy Awori, Chief Executive Officer, Barclays Kenya Galib Virani, Director, Afren East Africa Exploration 09.45 – 10.00am Opening Address Hon Dr Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary for The National Treasury, Government of Kenya 10.00am – 11.15am Session 1: Economic Outlook and Overview Chair: HMA Dr Christian Turner, British High Commissioner to Kenya Hon Dr Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary for The National Treasury, Government of Kenya Professor Njuguna S. Ndungu, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya Professor Gituro Wainaina, Director General, Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat Dr Moses Ikiara, Managing Director, KenInvest Jeff Gable, Head of Africa Fixed Income, Barclays John Small, Chief Executive, Eastern Africa Association 11.15am – 11.45am Refreshments break 11.45am – 1.15pm Session 2: Investing in Energy, Renewables and Mining Chair: James Duddridge, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for Africa Hon Davis Chirchir, Cabinet Secretary for Energy & Petroleum, Government of Kenya Ambassador Richard Ekai Titus, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Mining, Government of Kenya Dr Silas Simiyu, Managing Director, Geothermal Development Corporation Galib Virani, Director, Afren East Africa Exploration Rob Nijst, Chief Executive Officer, VTTI Ian Williamson, Vice-President Commercial, Senergy Q&A Session 1.15pm – 2.15pm Networking lunch 2.15pm – 3.15pm Session 3: Investing in Industry, Manufacturing and Agriculture Chair: David Steel, Lord Steel of Aikwood Hon Adan Mohammed, Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation, Enterprise & Development, Government of Kenya Sicily Kariuki, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries, Government of Kenya Private sector speaker Q&A Session 3.15pm – 3.45pm Refreshments break 3.45pm – 5.00pm Session 4: Investing in Infrastructure for Development & Tourism Chair: Henry Bellingham, MP, Member APPG Africa Eng Michael Kamau, Cabinet Secretary for Transport & Infrastructure, Government of Kenya Dr Ibrahim Mohamed, Principal Secretary of Commerce and Tourism, Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce & Tourism, Government of Kenya Silvester Kasuku, Managing Director/CEO LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority Ewan Cameron, Chief Executive, Lonrho Hotels Q&A Session 5.00pm – 5.20pm Closing Remarks HMA Dr Christian Turner, British High Commissioner to Kenya Professor Gituro Wainaina, Director General, Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat Hon Dr Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary for The National Treasury, Government of Kenya 5.20pm – 7.00pm Gala networking reception .

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