Godfrey Mwakikagile on to state that Mwakikagile embraced Tanzania's independence, and the independence of the African continent as a whole, with fierce pride. 'I was too young to play a role in the independence movement, but old enough to know what Mau Mau in neighbouring Kenya was all about, and who our leaders were: from Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana to Julius Nyerere in Tanganyika; from Nnamdi Azikiwe in Nigeria to Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya and Patrice Lumumba in Belgian Congo' ("Africa and the West", 2000). His experience also inspired his thinking regarding Africa and its relationship to the Western world, which led
Kenya–Nigeria relations in police service, five-year multiple visa for prominent businesspersons, cooperation in control of the possession trafficking in narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances. A notable number of Nigerian companies have operations in Kenya. Kenyan exports to Nigeria fell to 33 million U.S. dollars last year from a peak of 37 million dollars in 2008, according to the Kenya National Bureau of statistics. Similarly, imports from Nigeria declined to a mere 555,000 dollars from 1.95 million dollars over the same period. There are many products from Kenya in the Nigerian market. Goods such as flowers and, tea are bought from the UK.