Uhuru Kenyatta failed to turn Kenya into as big an international player as he could -- here's why

President Uhuru Kenyatta signs a treaty integrating DRC into the East African Community in June 2022. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

One of the notable achievements of Uhuru Kenyatta’s nine-year tenure as president was that he invigorated Kenya’s foreign policy.

A year after his 2013 inauguration, his government launched a document that outlined Kenya’s diplomatic engagements and foreign relations. It was the country’s first written foreign policy since independence.