Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has acknowledged that Kenya will take a longer time to recover from the impact of policy shifts introduced by US President Donald Trump's administration - including the 10 per cent reciprocal tariff imposed last Wednesday.
Speaking during the Inaugural Africa Exchange Meeting in Nairobi on Monday, April 7, Mudavadi maintained that the government of Kenya had to move with speed to address the sectors impacted by Trump's policies. According to the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Kenyans - and Africans at large - must brace for a prolonged period of adjustment, noting that reversing the impact of recent US policy shifts, including cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), could take years. ''On what is happening in the US today, we must brace ourselves for a long ride.
The measures that the administration in the US is putting in place will become very difficult to undo.
Once they are done, it will take a very long time to undo," Mudavadi stated. A photo of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi (left) and Dr.Massad Boulos, senior advisor on Africa to President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 5, 2025 in Nairobi.
