Home pagePress CenterIn the Media A CSIS event with Michael Ranneberger, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Blames Kenyan Politicians for Latest Violence."
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A CSIS event with Michael Ranneberger, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Blames Kenyan Politicians for Latest Violence."
The United States on Thursday blamed Kenya's opposition and the government for the latest violence and said they must end their post-election deadlock for the sake of the Kenyan people.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the death of seven people in fresh clashes on Thursday was "terrible." More than 600 people have been killed in the past three weeks over the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. [...]
Speaking from Nairobi on Wednesday to a Washington think-tank, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger said he did not believe there was an appetite within the Bush administration to impose sanctions.
"Sanctions are not on the table at this point. It is not useful to speculate on that," Ranneberger told the briefing at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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