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Meg Whiteman confirmed as US ambassador to Kenya


The US Senate on Thursday approved Margaret Cushing Whitman to be US's new ambassador to Kenya, ending more than a year wait of a substantive head of mission to one of its key allies.

 Ms Whitman, a former tech chief executive and one of the richest Americans to become President Joe Biden’s envoy to Nairobi was nominated last year in December to replace Kyle McCartney.

Ms Whitman is a former Hewlett Packard (HP) CEO and president.

"Margaret C. Whitman (Meg), a business executive and former candidate for Governor of California, is a Member of the Board of Procter & Gamble and General Motors, and National Board Chair at Teach for America," White House said in a dispatch on December 9, 2021.

She will report to Kenya at a time of transition politics: President Uhuru Kenyatta will be retiring after August 9th elections.

Among agendas Ms Whitman will be  pushing for include an overhaul of trade negotiation began by former President Donald Trump.


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