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Rice heads to Kenya to push for end to crisis
Sent by President George W. Bush, Rice will be the highest-ranking US official to visit Kenya since a December 27 vote.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:08 February 18, 2008
Nairobi: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due in Kenya on Monday to push talks to end the post-election crisis but can a less than warm welcome from the government
Sent by President George W. Bush, Rice will be the highest-ranking US official to visit Kenya since a December 27 vote sparked ethnic clashes that killed 1,000 people.
Rice's presence in the country is intended to boost mediation efforts led by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan to bring about a lasting political solution to one of the darkest chapters in Kenya's post-independence history
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