Kenya’s William Ruto Once Again Pressed by Western Journalists: Do You Like Us or the Chinese Better?

Kenyan President William Ruto spoke with Deutsche Welle journalist Fatou Eliika Muloshi during his recent visit to Germany. Image via DW.

It’s now routine for Kenyan President William Ruto to get the “us or them” question from Western journalists when he’s in the U.S. or Europe.

In May, CNN’s Richard Quest bluntly asked the president point blank if he had to make a choice between U.S. and Chinese investment, which one would he pick. Then, last week, the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle posed essentially the same question, albeit this time with Europe as the focus:

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