Geniuses or Ignorant: Kenyan Delegation to US Shock Kenyans For Attending Meeting without Notebooks

President Uhuru Kenyatta marked an end to his official visit to the United States with a tweet that captured his major agenda to President Donald Trump.

The meeting with President @realDonaldTrump was fruitful. We discussed security, especially the fight against terrorism. We also discussed how to increase trade and investment between our two countries and how US companies can help create jobs for our youth #KenyaUSrelations

— Uhuru Kenyatta (@UKenyatta) August 28, 2018

One thing, however, stood out, the large number of public officials that had accompanied him. As though that was not enough, the public officials seemed lost in the moment and not really aware of how to maximize on the opportunity at hand as they sat with routine smiles and head nods.

It is no longer a wonder how countries such as America stand powerful and Developed while we beg for leftovers and break borrowing records after more than five decades of independence.

As we hold the President accountable, these leaders seem to forget that they too owe it to Kenya and to themselves to deliver.

A Look at photographs of the delegates accompanying His Excellency portrays images of overly mesmerized individuals who are so amazed by the presence of POTUS that they forgot the Agenda that took them there, that is if, at all, they heard a thing.

Even Donald Trump had a notebook. President Uhuru has something that looks like it. And the hungry delegation that followed him went to “store everything in the head”! pic.twitter.com/CWwxmkduZp

— juma 🇰🇪 (@jumaf3) August 28, 2018

Ironically, sitting around a table with refreshments, Kenya’s delegates sit and stare, like beautiful flower girls, at the US leaders who all, including the President, are holding writing materials. President Uhuru seems to have a writing material, unlike the team that he took with him to this important visit.

Delegates spend a lot of finances and whether or not they were aware of their role during this particular visit is unclear but considering their place in this country and the challenges we are facing, they ought to have known better. Having writing materials in important meetings is obvious etiquette and not having them presents an ignorant character.

To record dates and lessons one need to review afterward is why it is important to carry writing materials, a lesson I hope our Kenyan leaders can pick and drop habits that make Kenyans look bad when they represent us out there.