Inside new Kenya and Tanzania foreign policies

Kenya’s President William Ruto (right) and his Tanzanian counterpart, Samia Suluhu, at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, in Dar es Salaam on January 28, 2025.

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Kenya and Tanzania have, separately, launched foreign policies looking to cement trading and integration ties, suggesting that the recent public spats between their peoples has no impact on their plans.

Last week, Tanzania launched its revised edition of the foreign policy amid push back against Kenyan and Ugandan activists bashing it over the trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu.