US pledges to assist Kenya hold free polls

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The United States has
pledged to assist Kenya
conduct free and fair
elections. Visiting Delaware Senator
Christopher Coons said the
US was committed in
supporting the
implementation of the
Constitution, especially devolution. “The US will support the
process of the election but
has no interest on any
candidate or region,” Mr
Coon said while responding
to questions from University of Nairobi
students Thursday. Mr Coons, who gave a
lecture on Kenya’s
relations with the US, said
even Egypt had just
completed its first
democratic elections after many years and that
nothing should stop Kenya
from holding transparent
polls. US ambassador to Kenya
Major General (Rtd) Scott
Gration urged the
government to provide
national identification cards
(IDs) to seven million youth without the document to
enable them register for
the elections. “Everybody should get a
chance to vote,” the envoy
said. He said the US was working
with the international
community to ensure the
youth and other
marginalised groups are
empowered. Mr Coons also said Kenyan
post-election violence cases
should proceed at the
International Criminal
Court (ICC).

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