In the past 10 years the Kenyan president has perpetuated an unblinking business-led foreign policy in the region, playing the main character in the play. As he exits the stage, he might well say, with his bow to the audience: "East Africa is our plate. You don't pee where you eat," writes Charles Onyango-Obbo.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's political rodeo will end a few weeks after the August 9 General Election. With that, the East African Community (EAC) will see the departure of its most extroverted president. There was more, though, to Uhuru's gregariousness than a happy lad.