{"id":33754,"date":"2017-04-07T12:17:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-warns-its-citizens-of-election-violence-in\/"},"modified":"2017-04-07T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:19:14","slug":"us-warns-its-citizens-of-election-violence-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-warns-its-citizens-of-election-violence-in\/","title":{"rendered":"US warns its citizens of election violence in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The US State Department issued a travel alert on Thursday warning Americans residing in or traveling to Kenya of possible violence in the run-up to the August elections.}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRallies, demonstrations and protests may occur with little notice and even those intended to be peaceful can escalate into violence,\u201d the notice said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs with all large events, there is also the opportunity for criminal elements or terrorists to target participants and visitors,\u201d the State Department added.<\/p>\n<p>It urged US citizens to avoid areas where protests or demonstrations are occurring and to \u201cexercise caution if unexpectedly in the vicinity of any such events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Candidate selections for national and county offices are taking place this month, the State Department noted.<\/p>\n<p>A travel alert last June urged US citizens to avoid visiting Lamu, Nairobi&#8217;s Eastleigh neighbourhood and Kenya&#8217;s northeastern counties.<\/p>\n<p>{{Safety concerns }} <\/p>\n<p>That warning also cited a US embassy recommendation to avoid using the Likoni ferry \u201cdue to safety concerns\u201d and to visit Mombasa&#8217;s Old Town only during daylight hours.<\/p>\n<p>US Ambassador Robert Godec has made pleas for a peaceful election in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouth need to make a commitment to use their power peacefully \u2014 a commitment to reject violence, and those who would call for violence,\u201d the US envoy declared in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future doesn\u2019t just depend on who wins the election; it also depends on how the elections happen,\u201d Ambassador Godec added in a speech in Kariobangi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19167 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/godec-3.jpg\" alt=\"US Ambassador to Kenya Robert F. Godec. The US has issued a travel alert warning Americans of possible election violence in Kenya.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The US State Department issued a travel alert on Thursday warning Americans residing in or traveling to Kenya of possible violence in the run-up to the August elections.} \u201cRallies, demonstrations and protests may occur with little notice and even those intended to be peaceful can escalate into violence,\u201d the notice said. \u201cAs with all large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[99],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-33754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33754"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=33754"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=33754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}