According to Kenyatta's office, the two leaders discussed current peace initiatives aimed at achieving long-term peace and stability in the eastern part of the DR Congo in addition to the security situation in the EAC region.
Amb. Macharia Kamau, Brigadier (Rtd) Elijah Mwanyika, and John Mulimba, Uganda's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Charge of Regional Affairs, were also in attendance at the meeting at State House in Entebbe.
More than 130 armed factions are based in the dangerous, nearly 30-year-old eastern DR Congo.
The FARDC, the Congolese army, has been engaged in conflict with the M23 rebels since November 2021.
The cantonment of the rebel group was started as part of the peace attempts by the Luanda and Nairobi peace processes.
Kenyatta presided over a summit in July when the warring groups in eastern DR Congo discussed cantonment issues and how to foster more mutual trust.
Kenyatta asserted that nonviolent tactics can be used to resolve the problem.
The M23 wants peace discussions with the Congolese government, but it has been rejected by that authority, which refers to the rebel movement as a terrorist organization.
Since its defeat in 2013, the M23 has been silent. The organization started fighting again in 2021 and took over strategic locations in North Kivu province before beginning to retreat from and turn over to the EAC regional force the areas it had taken control of.
In line with the November 2022 Luanda peace agreement, the rebels started leaving their positions.
The largest peacekeeping deployments of the UN and other initiatives have not been able to put an end to decades of violence.
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