According to a live broadcast on his official Facebook page, he has now joined Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba to preside over the Kenya Comprehensive School Heads Association National Annual General Meeting.
The President has moved quickly from one engagement to the next. Having spent the early part of the morning with diplomats in the capital, he has now arrived at the coast to meet the people who run the country's schools day to day.
The change of scene has been sharp, but it has fitted the busy schedule the Head of State has kept in recent weeks.
Crowds of school heads, officials and guests have gathered at the venue to receive him.
A ceremonial guard has welcomed the President on arrival, and organisers have lined up exhibition tents and branded banners around the grounds, giving the meeting the look of a major national gathering.
Journalists have assembled in large numbers, and the proceedings have gone out live to viewers across the country.
Education has remained central to the government's agenda, and the presence of both the President and the Cabinet Secretary has signalled how seriously the administration has treated the sector.
School heads have long stood at the front line of the system, handling everything from learning standards to infrastructure and student welfare.
Their annual meeting has therefore offered a rare chance to speak directly with the national leadership.
Delegates have travelled from different parts of the country to take part, and many have arrived with questions they hope to raise with the officials in attendance.
Issues that have regularly weighed on principals, including school funding, staffing and the rollout of curriculum changes, have often found their way onto the agenda at such forums.
The ticker running across the live feed has carried the government's familiar messaging on delivering its plan and moving towards what it has called a first-world Kenya, a theme that has accompanied most of the President's public appearances.
Details of what the President has told the delegates have yet to emerge, as the programme has only just begun. Updates have been expected as the meeting progresses.
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