Bits and Pieces: Hillary Clinton's Day in Nairobi and Other Items

Earlier posts provided some details about Mme. Secretary's meetings in Nairobi with representatives of civil society, the Somali Roadmap Signatories, the Supreme Court Chief Justice Mutunga, and the embassy staff.  There were no press releases about her other meetings, but here are some pictures of her day beginning with her departure this morning from Entebbe.  We see her landing in Nairobi, meeting with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga (he tweeted one of those pics himself), and proceeding to a meeting with National Assembly Speaker Marende on an artfully photographed stairway. 

There is apparently some confusion as to her exact whereabouts at the moment. An unverified source has her on the ground in South Africa (city unspecified), but according to her itinerary the next stop is supposed to be Malawi.  If she indeed stopped off in Lilongwe before proceeding to South Africa, we have no confirmation of it nor photos to confirm it..  As long ago as last Sunday, sources in Malawi  had her spending tomorrow there where it is now just past 2 a.m.

Other unverified sources have her meeting up with Liberian President  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Ghana for the funeral of Ghanaian President John Atta Mills who died suddenly and unexpectedly on July 24.  None of the above  is verified by the State Department.  Ghana was originally rumored to have been on the itinerary for this trip  which is scheduled to end August 10, the day of the Mills funeral.  The schedule released by DOS on July 30 does not include a Ghana stop, and a public revision has not been released.

Clinton, Ellen Meet in Ghana, To attend late Ghanaian President’s Funeral

Written by  Observer Staff  Thursday, 02 August 2012 12:37

The United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will be among several world leaders expected to attend the funeral of late Ghanaian President J. Atta Mills on August 10, 2012.

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EDITED TO ADD THIS:  This article, which provides insight into the security precautions taken for HRC's sojourn in Kenya,  counters the SABC report that she has arrived in South Africa.  It is morning in Kenya now.  She will be leaving soon.

Security tightened as Clinton arrives in Nairobi

Posted by JUDIE KABERIA and SIMON NDONGA on August 4, 2012

Clinton held talks with President Mwai Kibaki at State House, Nairobi.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 4 – Security was tightened in Nairobi following the visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who arrived in the Kenyan capital on Saturday morning.
The US Secretary of State flew in from Uganda, where she met President Yoweri Museveni. She arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 8.20am with a fleet of up to 20 staff.
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