Engaging Kenya’s New Leadership: Opportunities and Challenges for the U.S. Government

On Thursday, May 23, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings (AGI) and the Congressional African Staff Association (CASA) hosted a briefing for congressional staffers on U.S.-Kenya relations after the election in Kenya of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his ongoing International Criminal Court (ICC) trial.  Panelists included Africa Growth Initiative Director and Senior Fellow Mwangi Kimenyi and Nonresident Senior Associate of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Joel D. Barkan.  Margot Sullivan, foreign policy fellow in the Office of Congresswoman Karen Bass, moderated the discussion.

This event is part of the Africa Policy Dialogue on the Hill, a monthly congressional briefing series hosted by AGI and CASA on topical issues relevant to Africa’s growth and security.

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MR. SIMPKINS:  Well, good morning, everyone and welcome to the Africa Dialogue on the Hill.  I’m Greg Simpkins, Professional Staff Member for the House Subcommittee Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.  And our forums offer an Africa perspective on Africa issues as well as those of outside experts.

This is a monthly co-presentation by the Congressional African Staff Association and the Africa Growth Initiative of the Brookings Institution.  For those who don’t know CASA, we’re a bipartisan, bicameral association of Staff Members who seek to educate our colleagues on today’s issues on the Continent and within the greater African diaspora through panel discussion, briefings and other events with decision makers and officials involved in African Policy.

Our partner, the Africa Growth Initiative brings together African scholars to provide policymakers with high quality research, expertise and innovative solutions that promote Africa’s economic development.  Because of AGI’s access to the latest research from the Continent, we thought they offered a great partnership in achieving our mutual goals to inform.

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