How Uhuru Kenyatta won over world leaders in well-oiled diplomatic charm offensive

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta receives former US President Barack Obama at State House Nairobi in 2018. PHOTO | PSCU

In his last formal meeting with his diplomats early in June, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta told the gathering in Nairobi that he was retiring a satisfied man.

Kenya, he said, had won the seat at the UN Security Council, beaten back terror threats, improved its status and its influence in the region and internationally was back, after initial struggles in his term.