June 24, 2024 Presidential Determination No. 2024-05 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Designation of Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.…
TLDR a history of French colonialism which is why people want Kenya at the wheel on any intervention rather than a former colonial power.