Cabinet approves Vatican City Embassy to boost cooperation with Catholic agencies
State House highlighted that Catholic institutions in Kenya collectively manage over 7,700 schools and 500 health facilities, which play a key role in supporting the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA)...
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The Kenyan Cabinet has approved the establishment of an Embassy to the Vatican City to bolster diplomatic ties with the Holy See and enhance cooperation with Catholic development agencies in Kenya.
- The new embassy aims to advance Kenya’s “global, moral, and development diplomacy,” fostering partnerships in peace-building and humanitarian action.
- Catholic institutions in Kenya manage over 7,700 schools and 500 health facilities, significantly contributing to the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).
- Additionally, new embassies in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Hanoi, Vietnam, were approved, expanding Kenya’s diplomatic footprint, which currently includes 49 embassies and high commissions abroad.
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