Several African leaders briefed President Barack Obama about their countries’ needs at a luncheon on Tuesday from which Kenya was excluded. Prime Minister Raila Odinga was initially invited to attend the event at New York’s posh Waldorf Astoria Hotel, but was subsequently disinvited by the US State Department.

The heads of State of two of Kenya’s East African partners — Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and Paul Kagame of Rwanda — led discussions at the private two-hour meeting attended by the leaders of two dozen countries.

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