Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto of failing Foreign CS Amina Mohamed in her bid to become the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson.
Mudavadi said in a statement on Tuesday that he was convinced Amina was competent and with enough experience to land the continent's top job, claiming it was the incompetence of the two leaders that led to her defeat.
"It is disappointing that after so much energy, national resources and hope expended in pursuit of the (position) Kenya should emerge crestfallen," said Mudavadi as quoted by the Star.
The former vice president noted that it was the fear by other African countries that Uhuru and Ruto were trying to use the AUC position to advance self-interests that led to Amina losing the AU commission chair vote to Chad's Moussa Mahamat.
"The AU must have been forewarned that Amina's candidature wasn't in its best interests, but a misplaced ego trip by Kenya's rulers to use the position for self-aggrandisement," he said.
"Regional and international diplomacy isn’t your usual cup of domestic posturing; it requires seasoned, erudite planning and engineering to which it is apparent, the Jubilee regime wasn’t prepared for,” the ANC leader added.