Over £1 billion in trade and investment agreements have been reached between the UK and Kenya, bolstering efforts at urban regeneration, employment, defense collaboration, and technology linkages.

Kenya and the UK will commit working together to increase regional security, protect the environment and climate, advance scientific and technology cooperation, and foster economic development. The president of Kenya visited the UK and signed several trade and investment agreements worth more than £1 billion for the UK economy.

These agreements will carry out the government's plan for Change commitment to boost employment and prosperity in the UK. This is the start of a bidding process for a major urban redevelopment project in Nairobi that is modeled after London's King's Cross revitalization. With the central rail station and public plaza designed by British architecture company Atkins UK; the Nairobi Railway City project has already opened doors for UK companies.

Kenya's government is considering using funds raised by UK Export Finance, the UK's export credit agency, to fund the initiative, which will generate employment in the UK in technical, legal, and engineering fields. Additionally, both nations decided to work more closely together to block organized crime groups' air, land, and sea routes to stop illegal migrants from passing through Kenya on their way to Libya and other nations before continuing to Europe.

Kenya's neighbors, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia, are among the top 10 nations in the UK for small boat arrivals. The establishment of a new counterinsurgency, terrorist, and stability operations center and enhanced defense and counterterrorism cooperation are among the other commitments made by the UK and Kenya.