President William Ruto has established embassies in the Vatican City and two other foreign nations through a cabinet dispatch dated November 11, 2025.
The embassy to the Vatican City aims to strengthen Kenya’s engagement with the Holy See, the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and advance the country’s global, moral, and development diplomacy.
“Cabinet endorsed the establishment of an Embassy of the Republic of Kenya to the Vatican City to strengthen diplomatic engagement with the Holy See and advance Kenya’s global, moral, and development diplomacy,” read part of the dispatch.
The Vatican is a key player in global peace, dialogue, and humanitarian efforts, and a resident embassy will deepen bilateral relations, enhance cooperation in peacebuilding, climate action, and humanitarian initiatives, and strengthen links with its worldwide network of faith-based institutions.
Ruto Establishes Embassies in Vatican and 2 Other Countries
Additionally, the cabinet stated that the move is also expected to bolster partnerships with Catholic development agencies that operate over 7,700 schools and 500 health facilities across Kenya, supporting the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda in areas such as education, healthcare, and social welfare.
“The move will also boost cooperation with Catholic development agencies that run more than 7,700 schools and 500 health facilities in Kenya, supporting the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda through expanded partnerships in education, healthcare, and social welfare,” read part of the dispatch.
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The Cabinet also approved new embassies in Copenhagen and Hanoi, which are intended to strengthen bilateral and trade relations, expand Kenya’s global presence, and advance strategic national interests.
With these new missions, Kenya aims to enhance its diplomatic reach, foster stronger international partnerships, and support domestic development goals through global engagement.
Other Cabinet Approvals
The Cabinet has also approved a comprehensive framework for pricing government infrastructure projects, aimed at curbing inflated costs, improving transparency, and ensuring better value for money in public investments.
The new framework seeks to address irregular, inconsistent, and costly practices that have long characterized the pricing of government projects.
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It introduces a data-driven approach to determine infrastructure costs, to enhance accountability and promoting prudent use of public resources.
Oversight of the reform will be provided by the Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service through a Multi-Agency Technical Working Team.
“The reform will be overseen by the Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service through a Multi-Agency Technical Working Team, which has already achieved key milestones, including the development of sectoral pricing models, cost derivation criteria, and proposals for establishing a National Infrastructure Pricing Database (NIPD),” read the dispatch.
The framework will adopt the First Principles Approach (FPA), a methodology successfully applied in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore, replacing precedent-based costing with rigorous, data-driven analysis.
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