President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to meet and hold a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.

According to a statement released by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday, Uhuru and Biden will hold bilateral talks to enhance relations between Kenya and America.

“The leaders will discuss the strong US-Kenyan bilateral relationship and the need to bring transparency and accountability to domestic and international financial systems,” the statement read in part.

The statement went on, “they will also discuss efforts to defend democracy and human rights, advance peace and security, accelerate economic growth, and tack climate change.”

The meeting will pick up from a phone call Biden made to Uhuru in February after being sworn in and on Biden’s commitment to US-Africa relations based on mutual respect and equality.

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The Kenyan President will meet his US counterpart after he chaired the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session on peace during his two-day working tour of the American country.   

Biden's first meeting with an African leader since assuming office comes as White House is weighing sanctions against parties to the conflict in a northern region of Ethiopia.