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Kenya

Kenya

Bharat and Kenya are maritime neighbours. The contemporary ties between Bharat and Kenya have now evolved into a robust and multi-faceted partnership, marked by regular high-level visits, increasing trade and investment as well as extensive people to people contacts. Bharat and Kenya share a common legacy of struggle against colonialism. Many Indians participated and supported the freedom struggle of Kenya. Bharat established the office of Commissioner for British East Africa resident in Nairobi in 1948. Apasaheb Pant was the first Commissioner. Following Kenyan independence in December 1963, a High Commission was established. Bharat has had an Assistant High Commission in Mombasa

 

Agriculture     Health     Education    

 

Grants & Concessional Finance

  • Bharat offers development assistance to Kenya in the form of loans and credit. This includes a loan of Rs. 50 million to Government of Kenya in 1982 and Lines of Credit by EXIM Bank  to Industrial Development Bank Capital Ltd. An Agreement on extension of a Line of Credit of US$ 61.6 million by EXIM Bank of India to Kenya for utilization in the power transmission sector was signed in November 2010.
  • A loan agreement to extend lines of credit of US$ 15 million (as first tranche out of US$ 30 million) to IDB Capital Limited for development of SMEs was signed in July 2016. A Line of Credit agreement of US$ 29.95 million for upgradation of Rift Valley Textiles Factory (RIVATEX East Africa Limited) was signed in July 2016.
  • An LOC agreement of US$ 100 million for Agricultural Mechanization Project was signed in January 2017.
  • Under an MoU to renovate the Mahatma Gandhi Graduate Library at the University of Nairobi signed on 3 Oct 2016, the library was renovated at a cost of US$ 1 million.
  • A water hyacinth harvesting machine gifted to Kisumu country in November 2022.
  • A state-of-the-art made in Bharat cancer therapy machine – Bhabhatron II and Imaging simulator worth Rs.7.5 Crores was gifted to Kenyatta National Hospital  in 2017.
  • Essential medicines worth USD 1.54 million have been gifted to Government of Kenya (in 2018 and 2020)
  • In August 2020, a gift of consignment of medicines related to COVID19 was handed over to Kenyan government.
  • Vaccine Maitri : Kenya was given 1.12 million doses of Covishield  (AstraZeneca) in March 2021 (1.02 million under COVAX  alliance and 100,000 as gift from Bharat).

Capacity Building

  • Over 400 Kenyan nationals avail training and scholarships programme every year in various fields under the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme (both physical and e-ITEC courses) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships.
  • Apart from this, many Kenyan students go to Bharat under the Study in Bharat programme (on discounted tuition fees) and as self-financing students.  A special e-ITEC course was conducted for Kenyan Postal Department officers by the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy  in March-April, 2021. 
  • Another ITEC programme on Forensic DNA technology for 20 Biology Forensic Analysts of Kenya was organized in November 2022 at the request of Kenya National Police Service.