I especially like Ambassador Githae’s comments at an Atlanta forum. Hii chura imechange, kwanza I remember him telling us to eat rats if we are hungry. We literally bayed for his blood. Thankfully, he is making a good use of his brain now. Most Kenyans in the USA are based in Atlanta, especially Marietta, GA. Atlanta also offers opportunities for tourism as the city has the highest percentage of African Americans. Let’s tap into those wishing to visit the Motherland to experience “connection to the roots”.
Atlanta is in the flight plan for Kenya Airways, a SkyTeam partner of Delta Air Lines Inc. which could eventually fulfill the latter’s decade-old effort to link its hometown and Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Kenyan Ambassador to the U.S. Robinson Njeru Githae told Global Atlanta that his country’s the flag carrier is eyeing links with Washington, then Atlanta, following the opening of a nonstop route to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport last October. …Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport officials have previously confirmed talks with Kenya Airways, but John Selden, the airport’s new general manager, said Kenya Airways leaders have not officially visited ATL. Mr. Selden, who was part of the two-year process to welcome Kenya Airways in his previous position at JFK, hinted that a similar approach would work at Hartsfield-Jackson.
https://www.globalatlanta.com/how-delta-could-help-kenya-airways-launch-an-atlanta-nairobi-flight/
China president Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has spread throughout the world including the African continent challenging the U.S.’s economic dominance, is proof enough of China’s ambitions. But last week even in Atlanta there were intimidations that a more dynamic role for the U.S. would be welcome in Africa if it upped its commitment. Kenya’s Ambassador Robinson Njeru Githae in his addresses at the Alliance Francaise in Midtown and then at the Capital City Club downtown asserted that Africans currently favor development partnerships to fulfill their own dreams of economic advancement. Mr. Githae called relations between Kenya and the U.S. “at their peak,” and his message was reinforced by the announcement that AGCO Corp., the Atlanta based agricultural equipment manufacturer, would be opening a Nairobi office later this year.