President William Ruto has been globetrotting, shaping Kenya’s foreign policy. Since independence in 1963, Kenya’s foreign policy and implementation strategies have attracted the interest of policymakers and researchers.
Is it the wishes of the President? What are our national interests in the pursuit of foreign policy objectives? These and other related questions may inform Dr Ruto’s overseas visits. The issues that his regime ought to address, however, require us to scan the internal and external environment while thinking beyond the traditional views or perspectives of understanding global relations.