The United States of America speaker has rejected President William Ruto’s invite to address a joint congress sitting in his upcoming visit.
Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a proposal by a section of Democrat lawmakers who had requested to confirm President William Ruto’s invite to address a joint sitting of congress.
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“Speaker Johnson welcomes President Ruto to the Capitol. We have offered the Kenyan embassy over 90 minutes of engagement including a one-on-one visit with Speaker Johnson.”
Among the major reasons that Speaker Mike Johnson gave for the decline is the scheduling constraints that making it impossible for Ruto to become the second African head of state to address a joint congress session.
“Ruto can engage in bipartisan leadership meeting and bicameral meeting but Unfortunately, due to scheduling restraints, we could not accommodate a request for remarks before a Joint Session.”
This comes after a formal request had been issued to the United States Speaker of the House of Representatives to invite Ruto for the adress by House Foreign Affairs Committee Member Gregory Meeks and Committee Chairman Michael McCaul.
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“We are writing to respectfully request that you extend a formal invitation to the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency William Samoei Ruto, to address a joint session of Congress on his official visit to the United States.”