Special ‘digital’ desk in OP cannot adequately address diaspora issues

By Chris Wamalwa

Some of my friends in the US who are keen on diaspora participation in the affairs of Kenya are livid that President Uhuru Kenyatta doesn’t seem to take their concerns seriously.  They are viewing President Kenyatta’s recent lumping of diaspora issues with an obscure unit dubbed Digital, New Media and Diaspora, which he created in the Office of the President, as a lack of understanding of the importance of the role of the diaspora. They argue that by doing this, the President is not only showing total disregard for the contributions the diaspora makes to the development of the country but he is also ignoring their concerns regarding involvement in the affairs of the country.