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Ruto and Abiy Ahmed attend Kenya’s national day celebrations

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Ruto and Abiy Ahmed attend Kenya’s national day celebrationsPresidenza della Repubblica · CC BY (attribution requise)

Kenyan President William Ruto and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attended the Mashujaa Day national celebrations together on 20 October 2026. A photograph of the two leaders at a dairy farm later prompted numerous online comments, Tuko reports.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attended the Mashujaa Day celebrations on 20 October as a special guest of President William Ruto, according to Tuko. The Kenyan national holiday honours heroes and freedom fighters.

The two leaders were later photographed in what appears to be a modern dairy farm, with Holstein cows and feeding equipment visible in the barn. William Ruto posted the photo on Facebook on 21 October, prompting many Kenyans to comment on the apparent closeness between the two East African leaders.

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