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Netherlands seeks trade, aid balance in Kenya ties
Netherlands Ambassador to Kenya Frans Makken (right) with Good Up director for global partnerships Anna Chojnacka during the unveiling of the firm in Nairobi in September 2018. Good Up is a Dutch-based social enterprise. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA
The Netherlands will not stop aid to Kenya beginning this year as earlier announced and would instead continue to pursue a gradual shift of focus to private sector investment as a vehicle to attain development goals, its embassy in Nairobi says.
In September 2016, then Dutch minister for Foreign Trade and Development Co-operation Lilliane Ploumen told the country's parliament that Kenya would not receive bilateral financial assistance from the European nation beginning 2020 as a result of “significant” economic growth.
