Overview

China Donates $3 million USD for Famine Relief to Kenya in 2009

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,161,953

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•KenyaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KenyaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 24, 2009

Start (actual): Feb 24, 2009

End (actual): Feb 24, 2009

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Kenya

Loan desecription

China Donates $3 million USD for Famine Relief to Kenya in 2009

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 24, 2009 Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka disclosed that Kenya had received $3 million for famine relief from China. Musyoka said that the fund will be transferred to the Kenyan treasury to buy food. Present at the announcement were Kenyan Permanent Secretary of Home Affairs Dr. Ludeki Chweya and the Managing Director of the Chinese corporation CNOOC, Kenya Mr. Wensheng Xie.On a separate occasion, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced at a ceremony to celebrate the outgoing Chinese Ambassador Zhang Ming that Ming had played a leading role in the signing of the grant.