Ruto’s “New World Order” Comment Triggers U.S. Senator

US Senator and the chairperson of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch, lashed out at Kenya’s President William Ruto for comments made during his trip to China in April.

In a speech [PDF] at Peking University, Ruto said much of the world’s development financing and governance architectures are out of date and don’t serve the continent. He called for a more inclusive global governance order, saying: “Kenya and China are not merely trade partners; we are co-architects of a new world order – one that is fair, inclusive, and sustainable.”

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