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Spanning more than five decades, the U.S.-Kenya partnership is a tapestry of ties in government, business, academia, development, and civil society. Each year, the American people invest close to $1 billion (100 billion Kenyan shillings) in Kenya to advance our mutual security, prosperity, and democratic values. Our investment in Kenya’s future is guided by the great promise of the 2010 Kenya Constitution and Kenya’s own development goals.
The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP) announces the arrival of 18,300 metric tons of food assistance at the Mombasa port. The bulk shipment, which will be distributed through the World Food Program (WFP), arrived at port this week and is valued at approximately KES 340 million ($3.4 million). The assistance is part of the larger U.S. government support to Kenya for food security relief and long-term resilience building among vulnerable Kenyans which in 2019 totaled almost KES 10.2 billion ($102 million).
The Regional Office of Food for Peace (FFP) supports or directly manages food assistance operations in 14 countries in East and Central Africa. Humanitarian needs - specifically food insecurity - in this region have been rising at an unprecedented rate due to cyclical drought, political insecurity, prolonged conflicts, environmental degradation and disease outbreaks. Currently, the number of people facing crisis- and emergency-levels of food insecurity in the region has nearly doubled from 12 million to 24 million and the number of refugees in the region had risen to 4 million.
Spanning more than five decades, the U.S.-Kenya partnership is a tapestry of ties in government, business, academia, development, and civil society. Each year, the American people invest close to $1 billion (100 billion Kenyan shillings) in Kenya to advance our mutual security, prosperity, and democratic values. Our investment in Kenya’s future is guided by the great promise of the 2010 Kenya Constitution and Kenya’s own development goals.
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