Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has revealed that a group of Kenyan lawmakers attempted to organise a parallel visit to Taiwan during President William Ruto's state visit to China last week, despite the sensitive territorial dispute between the two Asian countries.
Appearing before the Senate Security and Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, April 29, Mudavadi criticised the lawmakers' plan as "unpatriotic," saying it would have amounted to a serious diplomatic blunder.
Mudavadi said the proposed visit, which was ultimately aborted, appeared aimed at undermining Kenya's efforts to deepen ties with China-a major development partner. "We know, there were some people who were pushing to have a delegation from Parliament to go to Taiwan when the President of Kenya is visiting China for a State visit.
It could have cost the country a lot," said the CS. "There were some who did not want the government to achieve anything in the visit.
