U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Henry Wooster as the new United States Ambassador to Kenya. The nomination, submitted to the U.S. Senate, awaits confirmation before Wooster can officially take up his post in Nairobi.

• Henry Wooster is a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service with over three decades of diplomatic and military experience.
• Key individuals involved are U.S. President Donald Trump and the nominee, Henry Wooster.
• If confirmed, Wooster will succeed Ambassador Meg Whitman and will be responsible for deepening bilateral cooperation between the two nations.