Opinion: Bethuel Kiplagat has left peace imprints on sands of time

The late Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat photo:courtesy

This is a very sad time for our country. We mourn the passing on of Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat, an eminent leader and consummate diplomat in our country and continent. I am privileged to have interacted extensively with Kiplagat and to have acquired first-hand professional insights through his tireless efforts to raise Kenya’s profile internationally and to champion the noble cause of peace in our nation, the East African Community and Africa as a whole.

My initial contact with Kiplagat was at the Foreign Ministry where he had an outstanding 13 years career from 1978 to 1991. He served as Kenya’s Ambassador to France (1978-1981), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1981-1983), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation between 1983 and 1991.