Absence of prudence and foresight has informed Kenya’s diplomacy from the very day President William Ruto was inaugurated, in September 2022. It gets worse by the season. The current imbroglio that involves the US and China is only the latest chink in the once solid armour of Kenyan diplomacy in gone decades.
The American Congress is reviewing Kenya’s meddling with China. It is reconsidering the granting of major non-Nato (MNNA) ally status to Kenya in June last year. It will be a terrible slap in the face if the status is revoked, about three months from now. Yet diplomatic faux pas seems to be the badge of Kenya Kwanza’s foreign relations.