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Why Kenya’s foreign influence is waning

President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somalia President Abdullahi Farmajo when they met in Nairobi to discuss the maritime dispute. [COURTESY]

At a time the diaspora remittances have become the top foreign exchange earner, it is ironic that Kenya’s foreign policy is on the decline. 

Gone is the golden era of diplomacy when Kenya was at peak performance in her foreign policy. Kenya was then the “island of peace” in a “sea of turbulence”, a generous host of thousands of refugees from Uganda, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda and the Congo.

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