Kenya’s Non-NATO Ally Status Criticised By Former UN Assistant Secretary General
Former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Michael Von Der Schulenburg spoke out on Monday about Kenya’s status as a non-NATO ally.
During an interview with Going Underground, the official argued that this status indicated a military alliance.
'We think NATO is so important for us but if you sit in India🇮🇳, Kenya🇰🇪, South Africa🇿🇦, or in Latin America, what do you see? You see a military alliance of the ex-colonial powers, mostly white.'
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“It’s great fear that we are losing our dominance, I mean look at NATO. We think NATO is so important for us but if you sit in India, Kenya, South Africa, or Latin America, what do you see?”
“You see a military alliance of the ex-colonial powers operating mostly white. You know this can’t go on like this,” he stated.
During the interview, the diplomat argued that NATO was about to become a major global crisis, with the West losing out.
NATO is the world’s largest military alliance, and its members include Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
US President Joe Biden, during President William Ruto’s State visit to the US in May, announced that the US would designate Kenya as a Non-NATO Ally.
On June 25, President Biden officially granted Kenya this status.
“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby designate Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States for the Act and the Arms Export Control Act,” read a memorandum from the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Kenya, as a non-ally member, will benefit from a number of advantages, including access to sophisticated US weapons and the opportunity to collaborate with other superpowers on security.
Kenya will also have elevated military status, as it is the first sub-Saharan country to receive such status.
Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia are among the other African countries to have been granted non-NATO ally status.
President Biden’s announcement elicited mixed reactions in Kenya and among other key players in the global geopolitical space.
Kenya’s Non-NATO Ally Status Criticised By Former UN Assistant Secretary General
