Egg on Foreign Affairs PS Sing’oei’s face after sharing photo with Albanian PM saying it's Albanian president

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei was on Sunday left with an egg on his face after sharing a social media post describing how privileged he was to meet Albanian President Bajram Begaj in Dubai, UAE.

Sing’oei said he received President Begaj ahead of a meeting with President William Ruto on the side-lines of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which taking place in the city.

“Privileged to receive H.E. Bajram Begaj, President of Albania, ahead of his meeting with President Ruto in Dubai on the sidelines of CoP28,” wrote the Principal Secretary on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, at 12:57 PM.

But the photo he attached to the post showed him smiling at Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, making social media users point out the disparity.

Kenyan foreign policy journalist Mwangi Maina quoted the PS’s post, saying “This is the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, not President Bajram Begaj.”

Sing’oei deleted the post soon after and at 4:27 PM sent out another post identifying PM Rama correctly.

“Privileged to receive H.E. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, ahead of his meeting with President Ruto in Dubai on the sidelines of COP28,” the PS wrote in the new post.

Privileged to receive H.E. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, ahead of his meeting with President Ruto in Dubai on the sidelines of #COP28 pic.twitter.com/QEqRsOm21F

COP28 has convened around 70,000 participants, including heads of state, government officials, international industry leaders, private sector representatives, academics, experts, youth, and non-state actors.

The global climate conference opened on November 30 and runs until December 12.