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Associated Press
Carla Anna
Nairobi, Kenya (AP) — US congressional delegation arrives in Kenya to meet president-elect East Africa's most stable democracy court challenge of his election loss in the recent election crisis.
Kenya's new U.S. Ambassador to the United States, Meg Whitman, said a delegation led by Senator Chris Coons had been publicly silent since the August 9 elections, Kenya's outgoing Uhuru Kenyatta. He said he would meet with the president.
President-elect William Ruto is Kenyatta's vice-president, but the two were ousted several years ago and Kenyatta instead supported longtime opposition supporter Laila Odinga. .
Odinga said he was exploring "all constitutional and legal options" to contest the close election loss. His campaign will have a week after Root's victory declaration on Monday before he goes to the Supreme Court, where he will be sentenced in 14 days.
Kenya's Electoral Commission split in public confusion just minutes before Monday's declaration, with commissioners accusing each other of wrongdoing.
A transition in Kenya would have a major impact on the East African region, where Kenyatta has worked with the United States to try to mediate Ethiopia's Tigray conflict and facilitate peace efforts between Rwanda and Congo. .
