KISUMU, Kenya, Aug, 30 – US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman has made her debut visit to Kisumu county weeks after taking over the mantle of top diplomat representing her country.
Whitman met with Kisumu governor professor Anyang Nyong’o and members of his county government.
“Congratulations on your re-election and thank you for making time to meet with me on my first visit to Kisumu! Kisumu is a beautiful city and host to numerous U.S. investments, American businesses, U.S. citizens & embassy programs,” she said.
As part of her visit, she is also visiting U.S. Embassy staff leading critical U.S programs and investments.
Her tour of Kisumu comes in the wake of a controversial advisory released by the embassy warning her citizens from traveling tithe county days before the elections.
“Alerts of this nature to American citizens are common ahead of elections throughout the world, and the United States has no information to suggest the security situation in Kisumu, or in any other parts of Kenya, have been adversely affected by election preparations,” read a section of the security alert.
Area leaders and residents at the time expressed their displeasure at the statement saying that the county remains peaceful despite the ‘warnings from the US Embassy.
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