Nairobi serves as the main communication and financial center of the African Great Lakes.

[1] In 2013, former President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa made a state visit to Kenya.

[2] In 2019, President Maithripala Sirisena visited Kenya to participate United Nation Environment Assembly in Nairobi.

[3] Kenya's main exports to Sri Lanka include: natural sodium carbonate, salt, pepper and tea which is imported by Sri Lanka for blending purposes.

[1] Sri Lanka's exports to Kenya in 2013 consisted of: natural rubber, tyres, sacks and bags, staple fibre, tea, rice, coconut coir and activated carbon.