kiash wrote:Is he going to speak to Germans or Kenyans in Germany coz i don't think there are as many Kenyans in Germany like in the US + how many of these Kenyans in Germany will go listen to him.
This is bad from a protocol point of view. I remember when I was a kid and we had a more affluent neighbour who had a big color TV set (they were very expensive back then, ART and hire purchase for a few years was necessary to acquire one
), and I found the slightest excuse to impose myself, to much consternation and embarassment to my parents. Beatings too. It is only now with hindsight that I see how terrible manners that was and how humiliated my parents felt.
This is not much different. I have no doubt this is a tenuous invitation, a product of vigorous behind-the-scene machinations for the purpose of propaganda goals. Now, he will want to meet some high profile members of German government and industry. The poor sods on whom this has been visited must wonder, why can't these African luminaries just stay at home instead of wandering abroad, pretending to have purpose? There is dignity in only visiting when hosts of
your stature genuinely want your company, and even then not overstaying your welcome. Other leaders give three of four keynote addresses then fly home after a week. Arm twisting lowly college deans to conjure up speaking engagements is just embarrassing.