President Joe Biden tells visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta that US will make a one-time donation of more than 17 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the African Union
US President Biden meets with Kenya's leader Kenyatta, in the Oval Office of the White House on October 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Biden announced that the United States would immediately donate another 17 million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the African Union, on top of 50 million doses already sent. Most of sub-Saharan Africa has vaccination rates in the single digits, at the mercy of foreign donations due to the lack of indigenous production and prohibitive costs of mass purchases.
Long seen as a pillar of stability, Kenya was wracked by political violence including after 2017 elections but Kenyatta has since made peace with his once-bitter rival Raila Odinga. "I want to thank you for your leadership in defending the peace, security and democratic instincts of the region and your country," Biden said. "You're doing a good job."Kenya is the current president of the UN Security Council and in that capacity as pushed to end fighting in neighboring Ethiopia, where hundreds of thousands of people are facing extreme hunger.
"Our country, our continent is the least in terms of emitting but pays the highest price," Kenyatta said, welcoming Biden's commitment on climate change since taking over from Trump.The Trump administration began talks with Kenya on a free-trade deal; little progress was made but Biden has shown scant sign even of restarting talks amid a growing domestic backlash against big-ticket accords.
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