US steps up pressure on Kenya over graft, civil liberties

Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden at a press conference during NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington on July 11, 2024. 

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US President Joe Biden's administration has piled pressure on Kenya to step up its fight against graft and protect civil liberties as talks on a bilateral trade deal between the two countries continue.

Washington has dispatched a top democracy and human rights official to Nairobi amid widespread reports of abuse of constitutional rights to assemble and picket during anti-government protests and the co-option of opposition politicians into government.

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