Should Kenyans Renounce Foreign Citizenship to Serve Govt?

U.S.-born Kenyan ambassador-nominee to South Korea, Mwende Mwinzi, is suing the parliament for forcing her to renounce her U.S. citizenship before she takes up the job. She says it would be a violation of her rights.

Mwende Mwinzi during her vetting by the National Assembly Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations for the position of Kenya's High Commissioner to Seoul, South Korea, May 28, 2019.

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