US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will today deliver a statement on the occasion to mark 25 years since the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
In an advisory from the US Department of State, Blinken will give the address in an event that will be streamed live at 3:30 pm from the Department of State’s National Museum of American Diplomacy.
"Other event speakers include Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee, Former Ambassador to Kenya Prudence Bushnell, and Former Chargé d’Affaires in Tanzania Ambassador John Lange," reads the alert.
The annual event is held to remember those who lost their lives in the twin blasts that hit the two East African nations.
In Nairobi's bombing at Cooperative Bank house on August 7, 1998, 213 people were killed and 4,000 others injured while in Tanzania some 11 died.
Both embassies were heavily damaged and the Nairobi embassy had to be rebuilt.
It is now located across the road from the United Nations Office in Nairobi.
A memorial park was constructed on the former embassy site, dedicated on the third anniversary of the attack.
The Senate Ad-hoc committee pushing for the compensation of the victims will today attend a commemoration service at the Memorial Park in Nairobi.
US Ambassador Meg Whitman is expected to grace the event.
