Kenya should be more aggressive in seeking positions in world bodies

Nancy Karigithu, Kenya's candidate for the position of Secretary-General at the International Maritime Organization - IMO. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Many countries compete to have their citizens in policy-making positions, either through top management or governing councils of world bodies. Kenya occasionally gives the impression that it is not as aggressive as it should be in going for those international positions.

It has had problems getting its candidates clinch top UN or AU positions partly because it appears confused with its jumbled domestic politics interfering with its clarity of geopolitical purpose. There were times, for instance, when top officials in Kenyan high commissions and embassies contradicted each other on particular issues and watched opportunities disappear.