The US embassy is relocating some of its staff from Kenya to other countries and cutting down on its footprints in the country
after the Mpeketoni attacks.
“Due to the terrorist attack on June 15 in Mpeketoni, in Lamu County, the US Embassy instituted restrictions on US government personnel travel to all coastal counties: Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Lamu, and the coastal portion only of Tana River County,” the Department of State said on their website
The new advisory replaces an earlier warning issued on May 17, 2014, and now includes embassy staffing and current travel recommendations. US ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec added that he is reducing the embassy's "overall footprint" in Kenya by bringing down the number of Americans stationed in Nairobi. The embassy maintained that it will remain open for normal operations.
"The U.S. government continues to receive information about potential terrorist threats aimed at U.S., Western, and Kenyan interests in Kenya, including the Nairobi area and the coastal cities of Mombasa and Diani," reads part of the advisory.
Security has been heightened around the US Embassy in Gigiri following issuance of a new travel advisory by the US Department of State. Godec said that additional security personnel will be arriving from Washington even as security patrols around the embassy is increased.
Britain, France and Australia had also issued warnings of terror threats in Nairobi and Mombasa with Britain having evacuated over 300 nationals in Mombasa alone.