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Kenya secures Sh11bn from EU for food security and drought mitigation

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Kenya yesterday secured a Sh11 billion finance deal from the 28-member European Union towards food security and drought mitigation programmes.

President Uhuru Kenyatta witnessed the signing of finance agreements, according to a statement from the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit. National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich signed on behalf of the Kenyan government, while the EU Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica signed on behalf of the EU.

About Sh2.1 billion will be pumped into the operationalisation of the Kenya’s Ending Drought Emergencies Strategy – an ambitious plan by the Jubilee administration to end “the worst of the suffering by drought” by 2022.

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Themes Economics of DRR Food security and agriculture
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