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Karibu President Suluhu: Is this start of a lasting ‘marriage’?

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania at State House, Nairobi on May 04, 2021. [PSCU, Standard]

With poise, grace and presidential class she descended the steps of the Air Tanzania at 10.32am and not even the unforgiving traffic snarl-up left behind by her presidential motorcade as it snaked towards State House, Nairobi, dampened the mood this visit came with. Anticipation. Optimism. New beginnings.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan couldn’t have come to Kenya at a better time. Just watching her on TV conduct her business during her official two-day State visit was a breathe of fresh air -- not for anything, but the fact that she had already shown signs of taking a different diplomatic approach from her predecessor.

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