Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent Kenya at the 48th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union, ahead of the Heads of State and Government Summit. The summit, themed "Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063," will focus on water security.

• The AU Executive Council meeting takes place on February 11 and 12, leading to the 39th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly on February 14 and 15.
• Mudavadi emphasized the timeliness of the focus on water and sanitation, building on the outcomes of the second African Climate Summit held in Addis Ababa in September 2025.
• The World Bank projects that by 2050, climate-related water stress could reduce GDP growth by up to six percent across large parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.