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Spotlight on Kenya as political ‘failures’ take up key diplomatic jobs

Experts have questioned characters appointed to champion Kenya’s foreign policy.

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by LUKE AWICH AND ELIUD KIBII

Realtime25 February 2025 - 04:54
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In Summary


  • Since taking power, President William Ruto has systematically snubbed career diplomats and instead given ambassadorial jobs to political losers.
  • Ruto seems to have inherited the practice from retired President Uhuru Kenyatta who had similarly used the ambassadorial jobs as rewards to allies.

President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 15 /EMMANUEL WANSON

Kenya’s loss at the African Union Commission election by one of the continent’s smallest countries has shone the spotlight on Nairobi’s diplomacy with questions now emerging on the quality of Kenya’s envoys.

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