By Our Reporter
WORLD
The planned trip of the United States Vice President JD Vance to Kenya has officially been cancelled amid an ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
The news was confirmed by the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi, in a statement, relaying that it followed orders by President Donald Trump, who directed that no U.S. official would be attending the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As such, Vance’s trip to Kenya, which depended on his being in South Africa, will no longer be feasible.
“The Government of the Republic of Kenya through the office of H.E. Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, E.G.H., Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has been informed by the Government of the United States of America of the cancellation of the planned visit to Kenya by the Vice President, His Excellency JD Vance, which was scheduled to take place later this month,” Mudavadi said in a statement.
