The number of delegates to accompany President Uhuru Kenyatta to the United States for the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, has been reduced by about 80 to cut costs.
Sources indicate that the Head of State personally intervened to ensure that the number of people in his delegation from 122, down to about 40.
He will join other Heads of States and senior officials from about 50 nations in sub-Saharan and northern Africa who are expected to attend the summit.
A number of Cabinet Secretaries and Senate as well as National Assembly committee members will accompany the President.
Among the will be Cabinet secretaries Joseph ole Lenku (Interior), Henry Rotich (Treasury), Amina Mohamed (Foreign Affairs), Anne Waiguru (Devolution), Davis Chirchir (Energy), James Macharia (Health) and Michael Kamau (Roads).
It has not been revealed how much the trip will cost the Kenyan taxpayer.
A statement from State House said Kenya will use the trip to seek more help from the United States in combating national and regional terrorism and insecurity.
According to the Secretary of Communications and Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Manoah Esipisu, Kenya will look for more capacity building of internal security organs to respond to emerging threats and cooperation in eradicating organised trans-border crimes.
In addition, Mr Kenyatta will push for the implementation of the tripartite agreement on repatriation of Somali refugees, which Kenya signed with her close neighbor Somalia and UNHCR.
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