Ruto, Raila, meet at Museveni's home in Kisozi, Uganda

"This relationship includes bringing all the seven East African Community nations closer in their ultimate goal to form the East African Political Federation," he said.

Ruto and Museveni went ahead to discuss critical issues affecting both countries such as energy and petroleum.

"I am glad that the issues affecting the flow of petroleum products between Kenya and Uganda are being resolved.

"We have agreed on a way forward of sourcing and scheduling imports for the region in a manner that will ensure we achieve the most competitive pricing and maximum logistical efficiency," said Ruto.

They also discussed the need for the two countries to urgently pursue the design and construction of the earlier conceptualized Eldoret-Kampala-Kigali refined petroleum product pipeline.