Nairobi, Kenya, November 14- Meg Whitman, the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, announced her resignation on Wednesday, November 13.
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In her farewell statement, Whitman highlighted the strides made during her time in Kenya, such as trade expansions, health partnerships, and enhanced security cooperation, which included Kenya being named the first Major Non-NATO Ally in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflecting on her tenure, Whitman emphasized accomplishments like increased trade opportunities, health initiative expansions, and flood relief efforts.
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She expressed pride in helping reduce non-immigrant visa wait times from over two years to about two months, remarking that trade, jobs, and U.S. investment in Kenya were at \u201chistoric highs\u201d thanks to these efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grateful for the opportunity, she stated, \u201cIt has been an honor and privilege to serve the American people through strengthening our partnership with Kenya,\u201d adding that the U.S.-Kenya relationship \u201cis stronger than ever, and I am confident this trajectory will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whitman also acknowledged her duty to step down with a new administration taking office in January, saying, \u201cLike all U.S. ambassadors, I serve at the request of the President. The American people have spoken, and a new President will be inaugurated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As she prepares to leave, Whitman expressed confidence in the embassy\u2019s continued work under Marc Dillard\u2019s leadership as Charg\u00e9 d’Affaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her resignation announcement sparked varied responses from Kenyans on social media. Some reactions included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet her go! She made people in Gigiri have sleepless nights.\u201d \u2013 @just_kristenshee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy are Kenyans seeing this as unusual? All ambassadors worldwide will resign, and new ones will be appointed when a new U.S. president is elected.\u201d \u2013 @anyshyf<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSecond good news this year after Trump\u2019s victory \ud83c\udf89\u201d \u2013 @cranb3rry_dor3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes kidole sambusa\u2026 kaendeeeee \ud83d\ude02\u201d \u2013 @emily_mbathi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKenya is God\u2019s country, not your mother\u2019s \ud83d\ude02\u201d \u2013 @gitonga_teddy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor Kenyan diplomats and political leaders, that will never happen. They must wait for termination, impeachment, or a cabinet change.\u201d \u2013 @fredw632<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat embassy is a tragedy, even getting dates is difficult \ud83d\ude02\u201d \u2013 @wakio_njuguna<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe was the UDA spokesperson anyway, let her go.\u201d \u2013 @elizabethoyuchi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, Kenya, November 14- Meg Whitman, the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, announced her resignation on Wednesday, November 13. In her farewell statement, Whitman highlighted the strides made during her time in Kenya, such as trade expansions, health partnerships, and enhanced security cooperation, which included Kenya being named the first Major Non-NATO Ally in sub-Saharan Africa. Reflecting on her tenure, Whitman emphasized accomplishments like increased trade opportunities, health initiative expansions, and flood relief efforts. She expressed pride in helping reduce non-immigrant visa wait times from over two years to about two months, remarking that trade, jobs, and U.S. investment in Kenya were at \u201chistoric highs\u201d thanks to these efforts. Grateful for the opportunity, she stated, \u201cIt has been an honor and privilege to serve the American people through strengthening our partnership with Kenya,\u201d adding that the U.S.-Kenya relationship \u201cis stronger than ever, and I am confident this trajectory will continue.\u201d Whitman also acknowledged her duty to step down with a new administration taking office in January, saying, \u201cLike all U.S. ambassadors, I serve at the request of the President. The American people have spoken, and a new President will be inaugurated.\u201d As she prepares to leave, Whitman expressed confidence in the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1626","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\/1626","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=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1627,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/1627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}