Opinion: Kenya’s application of diplomacy is poor

Part of being narrow comes from a sense of entitlement and being tone deaf as demonstrated by Amina’s first press briefing after the loss, where she spoke of “betrayal” by East African countries.PHOTO:COURTESY

The recent defeat of Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed in her bid to become the chairperson of the African Union Commission brought into sharp focus Kenya’s political elite’s lack of diplomatic finesse and inability to craft a regional strategy.

It sounds counter-intuitive that a political elite that is at once worldly and well-educated can still retain an incredibly narrow world outlook.