Chinese Government provides 600 million KES to Kenyan Government for Infrastructure development

$4.62M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Kenya
Country	Kenya
Start Date	Jan 01, 2009
End Date	Mar 22, 2027
Duration	6,654 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`1154`

Grant Description

On October 16, 2009 Chinese Premier Wen Jinbao announced that the Chinese Government had given Kenya 600 million Kenyan shillings to fund the development of infrastructure. The infrastructure projects would be determined based on a list of priority projects given by the Kenyan government.

The amount would come in addition to the Sh1.08 billion given to Kenya by his government for the expansion of Thika Road.

Present at the talks for the agreement were the Kenyan Prime minister and Kenyan ministers Franklin Bett, Amos Kimunya and Chris Obure, as well as assistant Minister Charles Keter. Unfortunately, research did not reveal further information about the infrastructure funds.

It seems likely that the funding supported infrastructure projects already included in this database, possibly projects #16960 #16202 #1267 #1279 #16392 #1265 #16115 and #1285.

📚 Sources & References

http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/news/oct09/2009061001.htm, http://news.0513.org/html/44/n-233744.html
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