All you need to know about Trump's nominee for US ambassador to Kenya

Career diplomat Henry Wooster served as the top US diplomat in Haiti, a role he assumed in June 2025. [Courtesy]

United States President Donald Trump has nominated career diplomat Henry Wooster, a former ambassador to Jordan with extensive experience in Central Asia and the Middle East, to be the next US ambassador to Kenya, ending a 19-month vacancy at one of Washington’s most strategic diplomatic missions in Africa.

The nomination, announced by the White House on Tuesday, requires confirmation by the US Senate. It comes at a delicate moment in US-Kenya relations, amid controversy surrounding a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base and ongoing efforts to finalise a long-delayed bilateral trade agreement.

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