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Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effects of UKaid on infrastructure development in Kenya during 2004. [211813]Hilary Benn: DFID made no direct investments in infrastructure in Kenya during 2004 and therefore made no formal assessment of theeffects of its aid on infrastructure development during that period.Many other donor agencies including the World Bank, the European Commission, some UN agencies, the Germans, Swedes, Japanese, Frenchand international Non-Government Organisations contribute significantly to infrastructure development directly in Kenya. As aresult, we have focused our support to other critical sectors such as health and education where we assessed our funding would havemore impact. DFID has therefore gradually reduced its support to direct investment in infrastructure over the past few years andnearly all our remaining stand-alone projects in roads and water/sanitation were closed down during 2002 and 2003. DFID Kenyamaintains direct support to Oxfam and Action Aid who continue to provide water and sanitation services to marginalised communitiesin Kenya. |