The US Secretary of States John Kerry is expected to visit Kenya this month to discuss a number of issues in the region including the conflict in South Sudan.

Mr. Kerry is visiting to push for war on corruption and campaign against threats posed by drug.

The Kenyan Standard media reports that US Secretary Kerry is expected to pressure Kenyan authorities to undertake serious electoral reforms, which are key to future stability.

Diplomatic sources said the move by Mr. Kerry to visit Kenya on August 21st and 22nd is part of efforts to push for major shift in the way things are done locally.

It says Washington feels major agreements reached with Nairobi last July when President Barack Obama visited are yet to be implemented. The agreements were key in the war on drug trafficking and corruption.

Kenyan State House spokesman, Manoah Esipisu, although confirmed Kerry’s visit, did not give more details, only says Kerry will be coming to discuss the situation in South Sudan and Somalia.

“Kerry will be visiting Kenya within the month. Matters that we expect to be discussed include security, regional and international relations and especially, the recent upheaval in our northern neighbor South Sudan as well as Somalia,” said Esipisu.

The United States was a key broker of the August 2015 Peace Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan.