§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial aid was given by her Department to Kenya in the last year for which figures are available, indicating the projects for which aid was given. [99585]
§ Clare ShortUK aid to Kenya in 1998–99 totalled approximately £29 million, including £23.7 million from Technical Co-operation funds, £1.3 million Financial Aid, and £4 million Emergency Aid.
Projects over £1 million funded from Technical Co-operation and Emergency allocations and their expenditure in 1998–99 were as follows:
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£000 Project Expenditure Kenya Agricultural Research Institute 2,274 Association for Better Land Husbandry 744 Smallholder Dairy Project 258 FarmAfrica Goat and Animal Health Project 121 Kwale Rural Support Programme 160 Wajir Pastoral Development Programme 125 ActionAid Capacity-building Programme 95 Wedco Microfinance, western Kenya 743 Kenya Women Finance Trust 214 Business Deregulation Project 287 Faulu Microfinance Project 885 Civil Society Umbrella Project (civil and political rights) 236 Support to 1999 Population Census 400 Primary Schools Management Project 1,118
£000 Project Expenditure Strengthening of Primary Education 1,486 Family Health Project 1,802 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project 2,047 Family Planning Interim Support Project 162 Emergency Provision of Malaria Drugs 799 Social Marketing of Condoms 975 Oxfam Floods Emergency Project 1,608 Eradication of Polio 2,879 Bomb Blast Re-equipping Kenya National Examinations Council 967 Re-equipping Co-operative Bank 994 Financial Aid in 1998–99 consisted of:
£000 Project Expenditure Molo-Litein Road Improvement 589 Pension1 726 1 Financial aid allocations include expenditure on the pre-independence element of pensions of former colonial public service officers.