Minutes before the speech to the General Assembly by H.E. President โฆ@WilliamsRutoโฉ. Watch live at youtu.be/JPq4s04lMg0
Martin Kimani
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Martin Kimani
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President & CEO @ The Africa Center at Aliko Dangote Hall in NYC. Championing and collaborating for a new renaissance for Africa and its worldwide diaspora
- A date with the world. H.E President @WilliamsRuto delivers Kenyaโs National Statement at the @UN General Assembly today, Wednesday, 21 September at approximately 2 pm New York Time (9 pm Kenya Time) Watch the speech live at media.un.org/en/webtv
- The โฆ@NYSEโฉ had the largest trading day in its history today, a session that was closed by H.E President @WilliamsRuto ringing its Closing Bell. It was great publicity: the occasion is seen daily by over 200 million people worldwide, many of them investors โฆ@NSE_PLCโฉ
- Deeply touched and honoured to represent the great people and country of Kenya in planting our flag at the door of the @UN Security Council! We will be a bold voice for Kenya, Africa, and all peoples yearning for peace and security
- The Africa-Caribbean bridge continues to strengthen as H.E. President โฆ@WilliamsRutoโฉ and H.E. Prime Minister โฆ@miaamormottleyโฉ of Barbados share a light moment at the General Assembly #UNGA77
- Today, I end my term as Kenya's Permanent Representative after 1257 days. I was honored by H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta's appointment and retention by H.E. @WilliamsRuto. I am proud to have served Kenyans for 12 yrs in diplomacy, counter terrorism, regional security and mediation. I โค๏ธ๐ฐ๐ช
- It's a wrap! Barring a crisis between now and 31st December, our work in the Security Council is done. Today, I am wearing the National Defence College tie in honour of the men & women of @kdfinfo who, every day, serve with the spirit of patriotism that @KenyaMissionUN embraces
- We have been called into the #SecurityCouncil and are making our way with grave concerns. Diplomacy has failed today, and war tomorrow must not be the continuation of its failure
- A single overblown, diplomatically ill-timed sentence in President Rutoโs April speech in Beijing saying that Kenya and China are โco-architects of a new world orderโ is all it took for US Senator Jim Risch to question Kenyaโs foreign policy. A ๐งต
- Real question: what analytical value do you get from utilising the term โSub-Saharan Africaโ?
- Kenya voted YES to give the State of Palestine additional rights and privileges in the UN, furthering its quest for full membership. We can no more deny others who legitimately seek self-determination than we can deny our nature as a country made from an independence struggle
- Shakahola. Many people are very vulnerable to cults. Years ago, as I wrote my thesis, and later as we built a national disengagement & reintegration system for violent extremists, I found Professor Robert Jay Listonโs work on cult manipulation useful. Here are his 8 criteria. A๐งต
- Itโs a chilly New York morning as Kenya begins its first day as President of the #SecurityCouncil. It is a privilege to serve. We will keep you informed about the important discussions in the Programme of Work & other pertinent matters
