The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, arrived in the country on Wednesday morning, November 19, 2021.
He was received by the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, together with her counterpart, Kenya's Ambassador to Washington DC Lazarus Amayo at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Blinken is expected to meet with the Kenyan Civil Society at 11:00 am at Sankara Hotel before proceeding to State House for a closed meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta and thereafter hold a joint presser with CS Omamo at 3:00 pm in Serena Hotel.
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In an update via Twitter, Blinken stated that he was glad to be in Kenya, and he was looking forward to meeting government officials.
"Looking forward to meeting with government officials and civil society to discuss our shared interests and affirm our strategic partnership."
According to State Department, Blinken will engage with Kenyatta on issues pertaining to regional security, clean energy, pandemic, and matters around the protection of the environment.
The East Africa region has been hit hard on security matters. Ethiopia Tigray's conflict is worsening, threatening the nation's stability and the terror twin attacks in Kampala CBD near the parliament buildings and the Central Police Station in Uganda.
