bilateral relations' history
Kenya and Oman established diplomatic relations in 1976 and one year later in 1977 the first Omani Ambassador presented his credentials to the late President Jomo Kenyatta. Oman closed its Embassy in Nairobi in 1986. However, the Embassy was reopened in July 2013.
The Kenyan Embassy in Muscat was officially inaugurated on 12th November 2011 by the then Minister for Foreign Affairs Hon. Moses Wetangula, and Hon. Yusuf Bin Abdullah Bin Alawi, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of Oman.
Trade between Kenya and Oman has been growing steadily over the years. According to statistics from the Export Promotion Council, the total value of exports to Oman stood at Kshs. 1,224,792,161 while imports stood at Kshs. 1,509,857,453. Kenya’s main exports to Oman are oils obtained from bituminous minerals, metallic salts, tea and mate, meat, vegetable materials, coffee and coffee substitutes, medicaments, fruits and nuts while the imports from Oman are petroleum oils, stones, machine tools, crude minerals, aluminium, pumps, ships and boats. Oman offers a potential market for Kenyan meat products, nuts, tea, coffee and flowers.
Kenya Airways started operating direct commercial flights between Nairobi and Muscat in 2009 until June 2012. Oman’s relations with Kenya can be traced as far back as the seventeenth century when merchants from the Persian Gulf traded and settled along the East Coast of Africa. .
The Kenyan Embassy in Muscat was officially inaugurated on 12th November 2011 by the then Minister for Foreign Affairs Hon. Moses Wetangula, and Hon. Yusuf Bin Abdullah Bin Alawi, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of Oman.
Trade between Kenya and Oman has been growing steadily over the years. According to statistics from the Export Promotion Council, the total value of exports to Oman stood at Kshs. 1,224,792,161 while imports stood at Kshs. 1,509,857,453. Kenya’s main exports to Oman are oils obtained from bituminous minerals, metallic salts, tea and mate, meat, vegetable materials, coffee and coffee substitutes, medicaments, fruits and nuts while the imports from Oman are petroleum oils, stones, machine tools, crude minerals, aluminium, pumps, ships and boats. Oman offers a potential market for Kenyan meat products, nuts, tea, coffee and flowers.
Kenya Airways started operating direct commercial flights between Nairobi and Muscat in 2009 until June 2012. Oman’s relations with Kenya can be traced as far back as the seventeenth century when merchants from the Persian Gulf traded and settled along the East Coast of Africa. .