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· The British government pledged millions in aid to Kenya to help combat climate change, extremism in the region and to help roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the country
· Kenya looked forward to working with the United Kingdom on health, education with a particular emphasis on girls’ education
· Kenya sought help from Britain for co-hosting the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment Summit in 2021
The British government pledged millions in aid to Kenya to help combat climate change, extremism in the region and to help roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the country. This was announced by British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who was on a visit to Kenya along with other
countries like Sudan.
Raab was addressing a press conference along with Raychelle Omamo, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Omamo said Kenya looked forward to working with the United Kingdom on health education with a particular emphasis on girls’ education. Kenya sought help from Britain for co-hosting the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment Summit in 2021.
The UK is the largest European foreign investor in Kenya, accounting for presence of a large number of British companies there. These include Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, ACTIS (formerly CDC Capital Partners), De La Rue and Unilever. A number of British based companies are looking to invest in Kenya, considering the long and cordial relations between the two countries. Kenya mainly exports tea, coffee and horticultural products accounting for 27% of its fresh produce and 56% of the black tea market in the UK. The UK imports into the East African country motor vehicles, printed materials, machinery and chemicals, among other things.
