May holds meeting with Uhuru Kenyatta

She was welcomed with a 19-gun salute mounted by the Kenya Navy reported    Kenya's Daily Nation  .

Unlike the Queen, who would have received a 21-gun salute, May received 19 because she heads a government and not state.

She inspected the guard of honour before proceeding for a meeting with  Kenyatta in the company of the UK and the Kenyan delegations.

Appearing at the state house in Nairobi in a joint press conference with May, Keynatta said he believed Brexit would have a neutral impact on Kenya. “Brexit is not going to dent our ability to further strengthen and deepen trade and investment between two countries ... I don’t see Brexit as meaning anything detrimental to trade ties we already have.”

May said she was delighted to be visiting Kenya and said she would take away memories of the continent’s unforgettable “vibrancy and beauty”. “The UK is already the largest foreign investor in Kenya,” she said, adding that “as Britain prepares to leave the European Union we are committed to ensuring a smooth transition” and promising that Kenya would retain its duty-free quota access to the UK market.

Britain, has interests in Kenyan  security, banking, and manufacturing among others.

May’s visit is expected to improve Nairobi-London relationship, which was once strong, with the UK PM having promised to scale up the foreign investment in Africa in the next few years.

The last British prime minister to visit Kenya was Margaret Thatcher in 1988. Since then, despite historic links between the two nations, the east African country has increasingly turned to China and the US for support and investment.

However , May's visit has provoked negative reactions in some of the  African countries namely as South Africa where South Africa’s vocal opposition politician, Julius Malema has challenged Africans to work towards having a decolonized continent, adding that the journey can start with small steps before taking on grand ambitions.