Kenyan students get scholarships

NAIROBI - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 12 launched a doctoral scholarship program in conjunction with the Chinese government, who are sponsoring the project.

The Aspire to the Zenith: President Uhuru Kenyatta Doctoral Scholarship Program that will benefit at least 100 Kenyans is being coordinated by the Confucius Institute at Egerton University in Nairobi.

"The Sino-Kenyan relationship stands as a towering example of how two nations, continents apart, can forge bonds of unity and cooperation," Kenyatta said during the program's launch in Nairobi.