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Can peacock diplomacy smooth Tanzania-Kenya relations?

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) receives four peacocks from Tanzania High Commissioner to Kenya Dr Pindi Hazara Chana at State House, Nairobi on August 2, 2019. PHOTO | PSCU.

By  BBC

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta Friday received a gift of four peacocks from his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli.

The birds were promised to Mr Kenyatta when he visited Mr Magufuli last month.

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