Kitchen has a lot at stake - a lifelong pursuit of Egyptology. Perhaps his eyes are being a little clouded by convention.
People, scholars and others, can have honest disagreements over the evidence and what it implies.
To attribute improper motives for Kitchen’s lack of agreement with Rohl’s chronology is ungracious, to say the least. One could just as easily explain Rohl’s motive as an attempt by a newcomer to make a name for himself by advancing a dubious theory. But I won’t do that.
However, I’ll look again at Rohl’s work. You know, Kitchen is hardly a minimalist and is very accepting of the veracity of the Torah.
I didn’t mean that his motives were bad. Just that he has a blind spot.