Tears of joy flowed freely at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, as separated Siamese twins Blessing and Favour had their first face-to-face meeting since the delicate 23-hour surgery at the medical facility two weeks ago.

Their encounter came after they were discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the general ward.

The history-setting surgery, which cost 160 million shillings, was performed by nine paediatric surgeons, nine neurosurgeons, 10 plastic surgeons, 11 anesthetics and more than 30 nurses. It was one of it's kind in the continent.

The decision to discharge them from the ICU was arrived at by a multidisciplinary team that held a four-hour deliberation on the children’s clinical progress.

Specialists reported that the children have made remarkable improvement and they no longer require life support.

The twins, who were born on September 4, 2014, were conjoined in the lower region of the spine and shared the anal canal.

“The children will still be under daily review and close monitoring by the multidisciplinary team in the ward,” said head of specialised surgical services Dr Joel Lessan.

Dr Fred Kambuni said the surgical wounds are healing well and the children have not shown any worrisome complications. The twins' transfer to the general ward was overseen by the hospital's CEO Lily Koros.

Babies Blessing and Favour were accompanied by their mother Caroline Mukiri.

See the heart-warming photos of their first meeting since they were separated below.