Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed has warned that Kenya may not participate in future peace keeping missions regionally or even internationally.
Speaking to the media on Monday, Amina attributed the country's decision to the dismissal of Lt-Gen Johnson Ondieki who was the Commander of the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan, terming the dismissal as 'a humiliation of Kenya's willingness to advocate for peace in the continent'.
“We are a sovereign state and we cannot be ridiculed by an organization, the country is really contemplating on its involvement in future peacekeeping missions,” she said.
“General Ondieki started discharge of duty on 17th June while violence erupted on 8th July. He had barely taken charge of the mission so I don't see why he is carrying the whole blame over the issue,” she added.
Kenya has since withdrawn all her soldiers who have been on a peace keeping mission in South Sudan, a decision that received so much criticism from the opposition leader Raila Odinga.