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No Dutch aid for Kenya after 2020, minister tells parliament

Kenya will not receive financial assistance from the Netherlands beginning 2020, the European nation has said, citing “significant” economic growth in the past decade that has turned the East African state into a middle-income country.

The decision, which was made public in the country’s parliament, is expected to hit hard the Dutch government’s support programmes to some of Kenya’s most needy segments of the population and key governance institutions.

The Netherlands assistance to Kenya has been concentrated in supporting food security programmes, governance and human rights, improvement of the business climate, environmental conservation, sanitation as well as culture and sports.

Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Co-operation, Lilianne Ploumen, told her country’s Parliament that the relationship between the Netherlands and Kenya - after 2020 – will become purely that of “trade partners” hence the decision to stop aid.

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