Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to leave for Paris tomorrow, where he will take billions of shillings in debt for a road project.

The Head of State is scheduled to sign a public private partnership (PPP) deal worth Sh180 billion for dualling of the 190-kilometer Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Road.

This will be the President's first trip post Covid-19 pandemic, which saw the Kenyan airspace closed for both domestic and international flights.

The Nation understands that the President will meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, where they will sign and preside over the inking of several PPP agreements on water, infrastructure and energy. Mr Macron was in Nairobi in March last year on ...