Hunter gets haunted.

European Envoy in Kenya.

I have never felt this inadequate since I lost my civil service job back home Those stupid lawmakers should never have limited the number of years a permanent secretary can stay on in the job. Now look what has happened to me. I have been sent to bloody Africa. Oh well it is better than nothing, thank God for friends in high places. Let me while my time here as I strategise my comeback to our motherland good old Europe.

This place really is not as bad as I expected it to be, for starters, I can with this; oh the sun. Just lovely. The house too is nice, better than that shell I have left in a freezer of a city. This is definitely good or at least not that bad. Now let me find out where the nearest golf course is, so I can find something to spend my country men's tax money on. First let me head for the consulate and and get to meet the folks there. I may as well do it sooner rather than later cause I do not know the first thing about diplomacy, the modalities or all that crappy protocol. I just hope there is nothing overly complex in it. I know it should not be too hard to learn the ropes around here. If that fool Whitebird was here for four years then I too can definitely make it.

This place is swell I just love the office, I wonder where one could get this kind of space in Europe. I wonder! Well this is it chap you are set for the next four years, plus you get to lord yourself over the local government just for kicks. Hahaha! Let me see what this is my secretary has just brought on my desk. Oh my diary. Okay. Whats for today? Things just keep on getting better here, scheduled for a visit to state house on the first day. Sure Whitebird was having his way around here he got a meeting though it was clear those were his last days in Kenya. Let me see what is in the agenda maybe I can get to push the president around a little bit. Uhmmm! Democracy, media freedom, gay rights, judicial reforms, agenda four, inform the president that our government will cut funding for the Sabaki water project cause of perceived malpractice, ICC, Somalia. Aahh finally something exciting is on this damn list.

My I hate that traffic, plus I have never seen so many people packed in a public service vehicle like in this country. They really should consider using buses instead, I doubt they can afford to build subways. Oh well good thing we are finally here. My oh my this place is so grand for a county with such a small GDP ppp. Not that I care it is up to them to manage their affairs how they please I am just here to represent my government petty issues as I make a pay cheque for myself. Oh bloody me, this is a first! They actually want as to wait. What could be keeping an African president so busy that a whole ambassador representing a country as great as hours has to be kept waiting? Oh well I might as well head for the lounge, I do not have much else to do today then we will head to that golf course my assistant showed me on our way here. Wow would you believe this, A queue at the lounge is this a shrinks waiting room or something. Maybe I am getting punked in statehouse itself. No this definitely is not a prank, there is my buddy from France. We were together at the Davos conference two years ago. I will wave at him. Oh it just hit me all these people are ambassadors. Okay let me see England,Belgium even the American guy is here what a coincidence.

My new friends are just awesome.

Holy cow! It is almost an hour and we are still seated here while I saw that Sudanese chap go straight through right after the Iranian high commissioner. Let me just hold my horses and wait a little longer. What now I thought Pitsburger from America would be next, that Chinese twirp just went straight through who the hell allows access to the president around here? I bet they are going to discuss how to build roads in the air,cities from scratch and more cheap loans. We are playing second fiddle here. I am beginning to feel that his Excellency does not really want to see us. The smirk on the Belgians face is an attests that he has been here long enough. Wow this are heady days, my country has lost its standing with this old mans government. To hell with this I am leaving.