How former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki looked east to China
Published on: Friday 29 April 2022
The former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, who died last week aged 90, made a major economic shift to Asia with his "Look East Policy", which is credited with attracting Asian capital to a series of major projects such as ports, highways and airports. In the early days of his tenure, the West was diplomatically and economically dominant in most African countries but in many cases cut funding while demanding democratic reforms. Kenya and many others turned instead to countries like China, who promi