Source: The EastAfrican

Keen to harmonise its approach to lending to Kenya with the country’s most important bilateral donor - Japan - the World Bank’s country director for Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Colin Bruce, is visiting Tokyo to discuss the matter.

Japan’s assistance to Kenya focuses mainly on five areas: Capacity building, agriculture, infrastructure, health and environment — all of which are sectors in which the World Bank is involved.

Last month, Japan extended a grant aid of 70 million yen ($583,000) to Kenya for the improvement of district hospitals in the western region in order to improve healthcare for the local residents.

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Posted by pichu at February 26, 2007 11:23 AM