Ruto is in the country on an official visit for a meeting on a peace-making initiative seeking to end the country's unending conflict.
The talks between the two leaders are a key step towards the final signing and implementation of the Tumaini Initiative.
Tumaini Initiative was launched on May 9, 2024, in Nairobi.
It is a high-level mediation for the conflict in South Sudan by incorporating all the holdout groups that have not signed the 2018 R-ARCSS (Revitalised Agreement on Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan).
Ruto, Kiir and former Kenyan Army Commander and Chief Mediator Major-Gen Lazarus Sumbeiywo are the lead initiative mediators.
President William Ruto with his host Salva Kiir in Juba on November 6, 2024./PCS
