Nairobi, Kenya, November 7-As the United States transitions to new leadership with Donald Trump elected as the 47th President, Kenya\u2019s economic relationship with the U.S. is anticipated to remain stable, according to Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response to questions on how Trump\u2019s election might affect Kenya-U.S. relations, Mbadi reassured that Kenya\u2019s economic and policy ties with the U.S. are likely to continue uninterrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also addressed concerns about whether Trump\u2019s administration could impact previous discussions on debt support, particularly those raised during President William Ruto\u2019s visit to the U.S. in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mbadi underscored that U.S. foreign policy, especially towards Africa, tends to be consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmerican policy generally remains the same, regardless of whether a Republican or a Democrat holds the presidency. Policy toward Africa and economic engagement tends to stay stable, so I don\u2019t foresee any significant shift,\u201d Mbadi commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He congratulated the American people on the election, stating, \u201cWhether that aligns with my preference is irrelevant. It\u2019s the choice of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mbadi noted that Kenya\u2019s main engagement with the U.S. happens through multilateral organizations like the World Bank, where U.S. contributions indirectly support Kenya and other African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This focus on multilateral rather than direct bilateral aid means that changes in the U.S. administration generally have minimal impact on Kenya\u2019s economic support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur engagement with the U.S. is largely through multilateral platforms, with the U.S. supporting institutions like the World Bank, from which we benefit,\u201d Mbadi explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven direct bilateral engagements would remain unaffected by the election results,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, Kenya, November 7-As the United States transitions to new leadership with Donald Trump elected as the 47th President, Kenya\u2019s economic relationship with the U.S. is anticipated to remain stable, according to Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi. In response to questions on how Trump\u2019s election might affect Kenya-U.S. relations, Mbadi reassured that Kenya\u2019s economic and policy ties with the U.S. are likely to continue uninterrupted. He also addressed concerns about whether Trump\u2019s administration could impact previous discussions on debt support, particularly those raised during President William Ruto\u2019s visit to the U.S. in May. Mbadi underscored that U.S. foreign policy, especially towards Africa, tends to be consistent. \u201cAmerican policy generally remains the same, regardless of whether a Republican or a Democrat holds the presidency. Policy toward Africa and economic engagement tends to stay stable, so I don\u2019t foresee any significant shift,\u201d Mbadi commented. He congratulated the American people on the election, stating, \u201cWhether that aligns with my preference is irrelevant. It\u2019s the choice of the American people.\u201d Mbadi noted that Kenya\u2019s main engagement with the U.S. happens through multilateral organizations like the World Bank, where U.S. contributions indirectly support Kenya and other African countries. This focus on multilateral rather than direct …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1499,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}