I conveyed my appreciation to the U.S. administration for its support in the fight against HIV/AIDS and its invaluable contribution to the Global AIDS Fund established by the United Nations Secretary General. Honorable Powell will be visiting an HIV/AIDS project in Kibera tomorrow to appreciate the measures we are taking to deal with the menace.

I welcome the committment by the Bush administration to continue with its engagement with us on regional issues. I briefed Secretary Powell on my mediation efforts, especially on the conflict in Sudan. Secretary General, I hope you will have an enjoyable stay in Kenya. You may wish to address the press. Thank you.

SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you Mr. President. Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, members of the Cabinet, Ladies and Gentlemen, it�s a great pleasure to be here today. And as the President noted we had a very, very fruitful discussion covering a wide range of issues.

I began by extending best wishes to the President from President Bush and conveying to President Moi our deep appreciation for the kind of support that Kenya has provided to the United States military forces over the years. I took off my Secretary�s hat and put on my General�s hat for a moment because I remember very vividly how important its support was for the United States military during a variety of crises in recent years.

I extended to President Moi President Bush�s determination that Africa be a priority in American foreign policy during his administration, and I gave evidence of that by citing the fact that we will be holding the forum for the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act follow-on efforts this fall in Washington D.C. As President Moi noted, I also referenced the fact that President Bush, alongside Koffi Annan, announced the Global Development Initiative and the Global Development Fund to deal with HIV/AIDS and launch it with a $200 million commitment from the United States.

The President and I discussed HIV/AIDS and the devastating effect it is having throughout the region and our commitment together, the United States and Kenya with many other nations working together, to deal with this crisis through prevention efforts, through treatment efforts, by the United States especially investing in trying to find a cure for this dreaded disease, and also dealing with the other diseases that derive from HIV/AIDS, whether it�s tuberculosis, malaria, or other communicable diseases.

We talked about democracy. Kenya is an example to the rest of the region of what can be accomplished with elections that allow people to make a choice as to how they want to be governed. And we look forward to the election that will be taking place in 2002 for the people of Kenya to once again come forward and express their desires with respect to how they will be governed.

We had a good discussion on economic activities. We want to be as helpful as we can with our AID funding and other funding that we are able to provide and support any International financial institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank. I candidly mentioned to the President that we needed more reform efforts visible before we would expect the World Bank and the IMF to continue the valuable work that they do here in Kenya, and we hope that we will see in the near future anti-corruption legislation and ethic legislation and economic crime legislation, all of which will create conditions that will not only allow international financial institutions to make more substantial contributions, but also go a long way to encouraging further private investment.

And finally, I just might mention that I said to the President that I deeply appreciated the support that the Kenyan government and people gave to the United States during that terrible tragedy of August of 1998 when our embassy was bombed. I regretted the loss of Kenyan life, and the 5,000 Kenyans who were injured at that time. The United States has so far provided $43 million of relief and assistance to those victims. I look forward to meeting some of them later this afternoon.

Thank you very much.

QUESTION: Inaudible (Ends with a question about compensation for victims of August 1998.)

SECRETARY POWELL: Well, thank you. I hope that the people of Africa see the high hopes and expectations that they have matched by actions of the Bush administration. I hope the high hopes and expectations are not just because of me, but because of President Bush and his commitment, and I am an agent for his foreign policy, and he and I are both agents for the foreign policy of the American people and they care about Africa.

With respect to additional compensation for the victims of the bombing, there are a series of lawsuits that are under way and those matters are being dealt with in various court systems, so it�s best that I not comment on that.

QUESTION: Inaudible (Regarding new U.S. policy towards Sudan.)

SECRETARY POWELL: We are anxious to see reconciliation in the Sudan. We have completed our policy review and the Bush administration will be starting to take action.

Mr. Andrew Natsios, who is here with me on this trip, the new Administrator for the Agency for International Development, will be our Humanitarian Coordinator in the Sudan, and we expect in the very near future to appoint a special envoy of the United States to deal with issues in Sudan. We are not against any side. We want to see reconciliation, we want to see these peoples find a way to live in peace together in one nation in a system that they design, and a system that will provide for the needs and aspirations of all the people in Sudan.

The President and I did discuss it at a considerable length, and I congratulated him for the leadership role that he is playing to try to find a path forward for the IGAD process or other mechanism that might be available to us.

I�m not meeting with any of the leaders from Sudan, and I would not read anything into that one way or the other. I�m not trying to express pleasure of displeasure towards anyone, but my calendar here is very crowded and I wanted to focus on my visit and policy objectives with respect to Kenya.

QUESTION: Inaudible (Comments on the lifting of UN Security Council sanctions against Sudan)

SECRETARY POWELL: Well, I haven�t heard that. I think the sanctions are in place and serving a purpose, and the United States has its own unilateral set of sanctions.

QUESTION: (inaudible) After your talk with President Moi, could you tell us how (inaudible) the process of transition from one leader to another when elections come around in Kenya next year.

SECRETARY POWELL: In our discussions, which were rather extensive and thorough, I came away with a clear understanding and belief in the constitutional system that exists here in Kenya which will provide for an election in the year 2002.

QUESTION: Mr. President, Mr. Powell yesterday spoke in South Africa about some African leaders who remain too long in power. Can you say unequivocally that you will not be standing for a continuation of your 20 years in power?

PRESIDENT MOI: I think it is too much for always trying to undermine the intelligence of the African people. Those who will decide the destiny of Kenya, for instance, or other countries will be the people themselves. I made my point when I was in U.S. So I don�t know what is worrying you. [pause]

SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much then. (Laughter)