US Vice President JD Vance cancels planned visit to Kenya

US Vice President JD Vance addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US on February 20, 2025. 

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United States Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his planned visit to Kenya, marking an unexpected diplomatic shift barely weeks before his scheduled arrival in Nairobi.

Through a statement released by the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs on Monday afternoon, the US government informed Kenya that the Vice President’s visit, which was to take place later this month, would no longer happen.