Bitange Ndemo Says ‘Fake Friends’ Now Phoning Him After Ambassadorial Appointment

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Former Information Permanent Secretary Prof Bitange Ndemo appears to have reclaimed his lost high-demand position little than a week after his appointment as Kenya’s ambassador to Belgium.

His phone is now constantly ringing, with friends congratulating him on his new job and acquaintances trying to rekindle a friendship.

Prof Ndemo told the Nation that since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the list of appointees, he has been receiving constant calls.

“In the last few days, I’ve gotten a number of phone calls from people congratulating me; some are people I’ve known for years, while others are people I haven’t spoken to in a long time,” Ndemo remarked.

“I understand that this is human nature; when you lose a job or a position, many people withdraw and only return when something positive occurs,” he explained.

Prof. Ndemo made news in 2015 when he described how he felt lonely and abandoned after leaving his job as the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

“In Kenyan society, people love friendship above all else, yet their friends value them for their money or power. My phone stopped ringing the day I left the office. My ‘pals’ were no longer with me. I found myself checking my phone to see if I had turned it off by accident,” he stated

He said that he received 30 calls per hour on average before leaving his employment in 2015.

People he thought would stay in touch after his misfortunes dropped him immediately.

The amount of emails sent per day decreased from 200 to five.

“I discovered that our culture demands that unless you are useful to society, you are irrelevant. Although it is normal to feel indignant, vulnerable, and angry after losing a job, people around you can make a difference. However, as vulnerability pushes you towards people you know, most within our culture find it convenient to avoid you,” he said back then.

He is among 24 other Kenyans who were appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as various ambassadors to different Kenyan High Commissions abroad.

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