A senior UN official, Stephen Jackson, outlined strategies for Kenya and other African nations to secure permanent seats at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), emphasizing a persistent and unified African advocacy.

• Africa currently holds three non-permanent seats at the UNSC rotationally, while the P5 (United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France) maintain veto-wielding permanent seats.
• Jackson stated that Africa must continuously push for its demands, including the Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration, which call for at least two permanent UNSC seats with veto powers.
• Another strategy involves leveraging the continent's growing influence in multilateral forums like the African Union, BRICS, and G77, to increase bargaining power and necessitate African agreement in global negotiations.
• President William Ruto previously criticized the sidelining of Africa from global decision-making, demanding two permanent seats for Africa at the UNSC.