Meg Whitman, the United States Ambassador to Kenya, maintains that the August 2022 General Election was the most credible election ever conducted in kenya.

Whitman stated at the start of the Devolution Conference in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, on Wednesday that the polls confirmed Kenya's position as the most democratic state on the continent.

PHOTO | COURTESY Meg Whitman

She said that local and international observers agreed with the poll results and the Supreme Court bench, which unanimously pronounced President William Ruto the legitimately elected Head of State of Kenya.

"I arrived in Kenya just days before the August 2022 General Election, and what I saw was nothing short of extraordinary." "Many analysts and commentators believe Kenya held the freest, fairest, and most credible election in Kenyan history," she said.

PHOTO | COURTESY Meg Whitman

"International and local organizations observed the elections, the Kenyan Supreme Court upheld the results, and power was transferred orderly and peacefully," she added.

The Ambassador said that the US-Kenya commercial collaboration has benefited residents in both nations and that her main priority since assuming office has been to enhance it.

Meg Whitman says that the US-Kenya commercial collaboration has benefited residents in both nations and that her main priority since assuming office has been to enhance it.

PHOTO | COURTESY Meg Whitman

"To be honest, as a CEO, I probably thought about Africa 1% of the time; many of the businesses I managed were elsewhere." "However, if I were back in the boardroom today, Africa would be on my radar for two very simple reasons: supply chain diversification and net zero emissions," Whitman explained.

"If the war in Ukraine and Covid taught us anything, sourcing your supply chain from a single country is not a good business practice." Today every company is looking for new countries to diversify their supply chain." she added