Biden has also reached out to people of influence in Africa and among them Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, a man of regional influence presiding over one of Africa’s pivotal countries. Biden’s call to Uhuru was recognition of Kenya’s geopolitical importance to American global interests and intimated willingness to work together at state and personal levels. In promoting American interests, Biden might push Kenya to reassess interactions with China. Working closely with Biden should not be synonymous with Uhuru distancing himself from China’s Xi or Vladimir Putin in Russia. Maintaining ‘dynamic compromise’ approach in world affairs is to safeguard Kenya’s interests.

Source: Standard Digital February 28, 2021 10:07 UTC