Focus shifts to cost of shuttle diplomacy after Amina’s bid at AU flops
Kenyans have camped on Twitter questioning the cost of shuttle diplomacy to campaign for Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed’s failed bid to become the African Union Commission chairman.
The CS made innumerable trips across the continent to lobby for her candidacy, on some occasions being fortified by Deputy President William Ruto.
President Uhuru Kenyatta also met a number of heads of state to campaign for the CS.
However, Ms Mohammed was trounced by Chad’s Moussa Mahamat in the seventh round.
The cost of the campaign is yet to be released.
The questions
Dear patriotic Kenyans,
How long would it be appropriate before we find out how much the Amina shuttle diplomacy cost us?
Signed,
Meh— Brian K. (@Yenyewe) January 30, 2017
Even journalists joined the fray
Chad's Moussa Mahamat has won the AU Commission chair but how much was spent on Amina Mohamed's failed 'frugal & low budget' campaign?
— Larry Madowo (@LarryMadowo) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/SaddiqueShaban/status/826074736102891520
Then the guesswork
Is it true that it cost Kenya 4.5 billion to campaign for Amina? Tuna pesa.
— Ken Nzuki ?? (@RegularKenyan) January 30, 2017
Conservative figures last week showed we'd spent above KES 1billion on Amina's campaign.
— Owaahh (@Owaahh) January 30, 2017
The figure of 1b is bound to be disputed but its likely higher given different layers of GOK visited a total of 51 countries in 2 months.
— Owaahh (@Owaahh) January 30, 2017
So, how much did it cost?
