‘The P5 can't exclude Africa but the far bigger issue is what African states use Council membership for – it should unlock strategic reforms in the multilateral system … it's so much more than a matter of diplomatic inclusivity ' argues Martin Kimani Kenya's former Ambassador to the UN and now director of New York University's Center on International Cooperation...

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United Nations ambassador Martin Kimani once a member of Kenyatta's inner circle and well respected in New York has been replaced by former Turkana County assembly Speaker Erastus Lokaale another diplomatic novice...

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...

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...

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...