NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 7 - US Vice President Joe Biden who is on a week-long trip to Africa has already arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Mr Biden who is expected in Nairobi later on Monday, was due to hold a meeting with President Hosni Mubarak to discuss a full range of bilateral and regional issues.
Security officials in Nairobi were on a high alert ahead of Biden’s visit.
Mr Biden who is America’s top most official to visit Kenya since President Barrack Obama took over power is expected to arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport “in the evening”, according to the American Embassy.
He will be accompanied in Kenya by his wife Dr Jill Biden and other senior officials from Washington.
On arrival in Nairobi, Mr Biden will meet with key leaders in Kenya, including President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
“In addition to discussing a range of bilateral issues, the Vice President will address America’s shared interests in peace and stability in the region, particularly in Sudan and Somalia,” a statement from the US Embassy said.
It said the Vice President would also deliver a major speech underscoring the importance of the United States-Kenya relations at Kenyatta International Conference Centre.
In his speech, the embassy said, the Vice President will discuss Kenya’s great promise and the need to work together to meet regional challenges.
Details of his arrival in Nairobi remained a closely-guarded secret with the American Embassy in Nairobi only stating that “the Vice President will arrive in the evening at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya.”
A senior police officer at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) however, told Capital News the plane carrying Biden was expected to touch down any time after 7 pm.
“That is all we know, all the security arrangements have been put in place,” the officer said.
Security arrangements for Biden during his three day stay in Nairobi was being coordinated from the US Embassy in Gigiri with coordination with the office of the Director of Operations at Police headquarters.
Another senior police officer at the Nairobi Area Police headquarters said they had been asked to provide police officers to be deployed to cover Mr Biden and his entourage, but the exact number officers in the exercise was not immediately established as other officers from GSU headquarters were also lined up.
During his visit, Mr Biden will visit the August 7th Memorial Park and lay a wreath. He is also due to meet the Speaker of the National Assembly Kenneth Marende and the Reform Caucus of Parliamentarians.
He is scheduled to deliver a major speech underscoring the importance of the United States-Kenya relations at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre on Wednesday morning before he departs for South Africa on Thursday.
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Obama and Joe Biden influence Constitution writing? See below
ReplyDeleteDear brethren,
There is an obvious difference between the November 2009 draft and February
2010 proposed new constitution. Is the USA government writing a new
constitution?
Thursday April 1, 2010
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Kenyan Parliament Approves Pro-Abortion Constitution
April 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com ) - The
Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues expressed its deep regret that
today, the Kenyan Parliament passed a Draft Constitution which will enshrine
a right to abortion in the highest law of the land. The constitution does
not contain any meaningful restrictions on abortion, despite recognition of
the right to life from conception. Section 26 contains language which allows
abortion when in the "opinion of a trained health professional, there is
need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in
danger, or if permitted by any other written law."
This is a reversal of previous law on abortion - which required the opinion
of two medical doctors who agreed an abortion was necessary for the life of
the mother- and will open the door to abortion on demand.
Abortion is also advanced in Article 43 of the Draft which states: (1) Every
person has the right- (a) to the highest attainable standard of health,
which includes the right to health care services, including reproductive
health care;
According to PNCI Director Marie Smith, "This section can fool those
unschooled in pro-abortion deceptions but in the US we know that
reproductive health is defined by pro-abortion advocates at the highest
level of government as including access to abortion. Hillary Clinton
believes it does and as the US undertakes a new Global Health Initiative,
Clinton is in a key position as Secretary of State to make sure her
definition is imposed on US-sponsored health programs globally, including in
Kenya."
Another section of the Draft Constitution uses a pro-abortion tactic which
can escape attention if one is not 'abortion literate'. According to Smith,
"The Draft creates the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission
to 'act as the principal organ of the State in ensuring compliance with
obligations under treaties and conventions relating to human rights.' "
"The problem is that pro-abortion agitators continually re-interpret UN
treaties and conventions to advance their abortion agenda, including radical
members of treaty bodies. If such individuals serve on the Kenyan Human
Rights Commission--as they did on the Committee of Experts tasked with
writing the final Draft Constitution--any Kenya law or policy which limits
abortion will be eliminated."
Leading pro-abortion legal entity, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR),
implored Clinton to send a message to Kenya expressing support for the Draft
Constitution and opposing any amendments to eliminate abortion language or
the Human Rights and Equality Commission. The Clinton letter by Nancy
Northup attacked the right to life clause using common pro-abortion
propaganda:
"It is also directly at odds with international human rights law.
International and African regional human rights treaties and the official
bodies that have interpreted their provisions have not extended "right to
life" protections to fetuses. Instead, their decisions support the position
that recognizing the right to life from conception would interfere
significantly with women's basic human rights."
An intense campaign to protect the unborn and their mothers from the
violence of abortion has taken face begin in Kenya as the nation moves to a
referendum on the new constitution in August 4th.
URL: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/apr/10040114.html
Dr Stephen Muketha
http://kenyachristianchurchforum.org/