Kenya (Hansard, 22 July 2004)

§ Mr. Andrew Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library evidence provided by Her Majesty's High Commissioner in Kenya to the Kenyan Government in support of his speech to Kenyan businessmen; and which company it was whose name was omitted from published versions of his remarks. [185477]
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§ Mr. Mullin
[holding answer 20 July 2004]: We are responding to requests for information from the competent Kenyan authorities. They have asked us not to divulge details in order to avoid prejudicing ongoing anti-corruption investigations.
No company names were omitted from the published version of the High Commissioner's speech.

§ Mr. Tynan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the current state of relations with Kenya. [185667]

§ Mr. Mullin
The UK currently enjoys excellent bilateral relations with Kenya.

§ Mr. Jenkins
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Department's assessment of the level of corruption within the Kenyan Government is. [185839]

§ Mr. Mullin
In its 2003 report, Transparency International judged Kenya to be the eleventh most corrupt country globally. There are certainly frequent allegations of unsatisfactory tendering and contracting procedures in which senior members of the Kenyan Government are allegedly involved. We have been pressing strongly for these to be fully investigated and firm action taken against any individual shown to have been involved in any corrupt practice. The British Government are co-operating fully with investigations.