For example United Nations ambassador Martin Kimani once a member of Kenyatta's inner circle and well respected in New York has been replaced by former Turkana County assembly Speaker Erastus Lokaale another diplomatic novice...
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Former Turkana County Assembly Speaker Erastus Lokaale will replace Kenyatta appointee Martin Kimani as Kenya's representative to the United Nations...
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Vol 64 No 20 |
- UKRAINE
- AFRICA
Kenya has been one of Ukraine's main African allies since Russia's invasion in February 2022; Nairobi's UN ambassador Martin Kimani won headlines for his impassioned speech defending Ukraine (AC Vol 63 No 5 Alliances come under heavy fire)...
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Though almost all of the senior diplomatic posts awarded by Ruto have gone to fellow Kalenjins several senior ambassadors including United Nations ambassador Martin Kimani have remained in post for now...
Vol 64 No 12 |
- UKRAINE
- AFRICA
Last year Kenya's UN ambassador Martin Kimani made an impassioned speech drawing parallels between Ukraine a former member state of the Soviet Union and Africa's post-colonial nation states (AC Vol 63 No 5 Alliances come under heavy fire & Dispatches 28/2/22 Moscow and Washington step up diplomatic fight over Ukraine war)...
At a meeting of the UN Security Council Kenya's ambassador Martin Kimani accused Moroccan and Spanish authorities of brutality at the border saying the incident was the latest reminder that African refugees are treated differently in Europe...
At a UN Security Council session on the Great Lakes on 27 April Kenya's ambassador to the UN Martin Kimani urged members to back the EAC plan...
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It also follows Kenyan ambassador to the UN Martin Kimani's eloquent defence of Ukrainian sovereignty equating its position with colonised states in Africa...
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Vol 63 No 5 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
At the UN Security Council Kenya's Ambassador Martin Kimani made a vibrant speech on the respect of territorial integrity and national sovereignty reminiscent of statements of the Organisation of the African Union six decades ago...
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Vol 63 No 5 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
Kenya's ambassador to the UN Martin Kimani delivered a powerful condemnation of Russia's actions last week but also threw in a critique of NATO's intervention in Libya in 2011 which triggered the fall of Moammer el Gadaffi plunging the country into further chaos...
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