Barefooted, wearing all white gear with a black belt. This is not quite how you expect to see a Foreign Minister dressed overseas.
But that was how Alfred Mutua, Kenya’s top diplomat was captured when he visited the Taekwondo Headquarters in South Korea.
Mutua was in Soeul together with President William Ruto, over the weekend, as the two nations aim at deepening diplomatic and cultural ties.
He posted a video in which the all-dressed up Taekwondo minister is seen fending off jabs and kicks from an opponent while he also attacks intermittently.
He captioned the video: “CULTURAL DIPLOMACY with a bit of TAE KWONDO. As part of our visit to Seoul Korea, my counterpart, Foreign Minister Dr. Park Jim, organized for me to visit the World Headquarters of Tae Kwondo (Kikkuwon) where Grandmaster Lee made me an honorary 6th Dan Black Belt.”
“In my late teens & early 20’s I practiced Tae Kwondo before picking up Temple Kungfu. I need to get back to the sport. I’m getting rusty.
“As they say, like father like son, I am proud of the fact that my 1st born son, 2 weeks ago, qualified as a black belt holder in Tae Kwondo,” Mutua wrote in a tweet accompanied by photos.