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President Uhuru Kenyatta skips UN General Assembly, summons ambassador

 President Uhuru Kenyatta will not be attending UNGA meeting in New York PHOTO: STANDARD/FILE

By Standard Digital Reporter

For the first time since independence Kenya will not be represented at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A statement from State House Nairobi Friday evening said Kenya’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Machariah Kamau, had informed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that Kenya would not be at the High Level Week of the Sixty Eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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