Embassy of the United States of America to Kenya ( also known as Embassy Nairobi by the State Department ) , located in Nairobi , is home to the diplomatic mission of the United States to the Republic of Kenya . The embassy opened in central Nairobi on 2 March 1964 , when the United States established diplomatic relations with Kenya . In 1998 , the original embassy was the target of a terrorist attack , after which a new embassy building was constructed in Gigiri , a suburb of Nairobi , in 2003 . The US diplomatic mission to Somalia is also based at the Nairobi embassy
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Embassy of the United States, Nairobi