US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman arrives ahead of election 

The new US ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman, has just arrived in the capital Nairobi ahead of the country’s heated presidential elections. She gave her first press conference over the weekend. While Ambassador Whitman is more known for leading Fortune 500 companies than diplomacy, she says she will leverage her experience in this new role. The World’s Halima Gikandi has the story.

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