A Kenyan working under a program funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that employees have been instructed to stop using specific words in their official communication under the administration of Donald Trump.
Speaking exclusively to The Kenya Times on condition of anonymity, the source revealed that the directive was issued on Monday, March 12, when staff were recalled.
During the announcement, employees were also informed that US President Donald Trump had reinstated funding for all CDC-backed programs in Kenya.
CDC in Kenya works to address public health concerns with a focus on, among others, strengthening health systems, HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, migration health, immunization and Influenza.
Consequently, the funding is now guaranteed until September 2025, when the current contract is expected to expire.
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However, the reinstatement comes with conditions. Specific terms that were previously used for inclusivity are now off-limits, and their usage could impact future financial support.
The Kenyan team has been directed to “Drop Transgender variables, rename GBV questions in screening forms to read violence screening, rename Gender based violence screening form to violence screening form.”
They have also been directed to “Rename GBV screening questions to Violence screening questions and drop transgender as one of the sex disaggregates.”
This move aligns with a broader pattern observed during Trump’s presidency, where specific language related to diversity, equity, and inclusion was systematically removed from U.S. government communications according to The New York Times.
The directive has targeted terms linked to gender identity, reproductive health, and social justice. The Trump administration positioned diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts as conflicting with what it described as “merit”.
This linguistic shift is already visible across hundreds of federal websites.
A New York Times analysis comparing pre- and post-Trump administration webpages found that over 250 instances of key words were either removed or altered.
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