About this episode

The episode features an interview with Ambassador Macharia Kamau discussing multilateral diplomacy and political developments in Kenya.

Ambassador Macharia Kamau is Kenya's Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and immediate former Ambassador of Kenya to the United Nations. He has also served as Chairperson of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, UNICEF Executive Board President, Co-Chair of the General Assembly Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and as co-facilitator of the post-2015 Development Agenda. We spoke to Ambassador Kamau in New York about the changing dynamics of multilateral diplomacy, his time on the UN Peacebuilding Commission, and recent political developments in Kenya.

People in this episode

Guest: Ambassador Macharia Kamau

Topics covered

• multilateral diplomacy
• UN Peacebuilding
• political developments in Kenya
• Sustainable Development Goals
• international relations

Keywords

• Ambassador Macharia Kamau
• Kenya
• UN Peacebuilding Commission
• multilateral diplomacy
• Sustainable Development Goals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations, UN Peacebuilding Commission, UNICEF, General Assembly, Sustainable Development Goals

Places: Kenya, New York

More episodes of Kujenga Amani: Peacebuilding in Africa

• African Scholarship and Practice for Conflict Transformation, Security Governance and Development · February 24, 2026 · 24 min
• Radical Hope and Entanglement: Imagining New Realities for Africa · May 8, 2025 · 37 min
• Monde Muyangwa · November 20, 2018 · 26 min
• Lena Slachmuijlder · October 30, 2018 · 27 min
• Paul D. Williams · September 20, 2018 · 35 min
• Séverine Autesserre · August 22, 2018 · 32 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Kujenga Amani: Peacebuilding in Africa podcast page.