The United States (US) acting Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Donald Yamamoto, has admitted that he met Kenya's Opposition leader Raila Odinga during the former PM's recent visit to Washington.
In a conference call with reporters, Mr Yamamoto declined to go into the details of their conversation when he was asked about his country's take on rigging and unfairness in Kenya's most recent election.
“That conversation — we can't go into great detail,” he stated when asked about US' assessment of the situation in Kenya.
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He added that both President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr Odinga had stated that the electoral process needed reforms.
“It is a work in progress. It is something we will continue to focus on.
"The US remains firmly committed to moving the democratic process forward not just in Kenya but across the continent," stated Yamamoto.
The teleconference was intended to call attention to a November 17 forum in Washington involving the foreign ministers of 37 African countries and senior officials in President Donald Trump's administration.
The Opposition leader has been in US since Tuesday last week where he held high-profile meetings with the political class and other high-ranking officials.
He told his supporters in diaspora that his boycott of the October 26 presidential poll, call for mass action and formation of people’s assemblies was a final jab to rid Kenya of its problems.
Odinga was expected to fly back to the country on Thursday, November 16 but NASA has announced that he will be returning on Friday.
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