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US Embassy: We didn't profile Kisumu as violent

An aerial photograph of Kisumu City. [File, Standard]

The United States Embassy in Kenya has said its earlier travel advisory to Kisumu wasn't meant to profile the area as violent as Kenya heads to the polls next week.

The embassy had, on Tuesday, August 2 issued a travel advisory to its citizens, warning of a high probability of election-related protests.

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