The state of Kenya’s diplomacy is a toss-up between its cynics and optimists. Kenya has a stark choice between becoming a soft power nation or a hard power nation.
Sensationally, the spotlight has been sharply on the impact of 39 foreign trips that President William Ruto has made to 26 countries in the 14 months stint between September 19, 2022 and November 11, 2023 — which critics partly blames for fueling the economic meltdown but the government says have netted Sh2 trillion as contracts and investments to the country.
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