Kenya requires a foreign policy grounded in reality – The Mail & Guardian

Kenya requires a foreign policy grounded in reality – The Mail & Guardian

When President William Ruto strode into the UN General Assembly last month, he did so with the confidence of a man eager to brand himself as Africa’s “chief diplomat”. His speeches were long, his handshakes many and his hashtags trending.  But just as he tried to project himself as a continental statesman, US President Donald Trump casually lumped Kenya and Somalia in the same sentence as places America would no longer “police”. That contrast te…