A number of top Kenyan government leaders delivered speeches across the globe within a span of 24 hours, a rare coincidence for the East African nation.
On Monday, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was the chief guest at Chatham House in London, where he delivered a lecture on 'Shared Humanity', an in-depth look at former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's legacy.
"Time magazine once described Annan as “a brass band of hope, ideas and energy.” One of his key contributions to global agenda was to refine a policy mandating states to step in wherever and whenever human lives are threatened by hate, disease or poverty," Odinga's speech read in part.
Not far from Chatham House, 20 hours later, Chief Justice (CJ) David Maraga addressed students at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
The CJ based his speech on constitutionalism in Africa.
"Delivering a lecture this evening at Oxford University where I was invited by the Oxford Union to talk about "Constitutionalism in Africa: A Reflection on the Interface between Institutions, Leadership and Faith." I had a lively interaction with students and faculty members," Maraga said in a tweet.
In 2017, Maraga became the first sitting African judge to oversee nullification of a presidential election.
President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory was invalidated by the Supreme Court under the leadership of the Maraga.
While Maraga, 67, faced criticism from the Jubilee government, he warned that if a similar election petition would be brought to court 'it will suffer a similar fate'.
He is set to leave the Judiciary in 2021.
Miles from London, President Kenyatta on Tuesday morning addressed a gathering at Vancouver, Canada on Women Delivery 2019.
He said his government has done well in bringing women on board.