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February 3, 2026
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Kenya Fires Warning to Donors Amid U.S. Withdrawal

Kenya Fires Warning to Donors Amid U.S. Withdrawal

The notice issued by CS Kagwe comes months after concerns over the highly publicised vaccination of livestock plan, which many felt was pushed by donors...

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Kenya will no longer accept externally designed agricultural projects that do not reflect local realities, according to Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. He warned donors against imposing generic programmes, insisting that Kenya must lead in co-designing projects to transform its agriculture sector.

  • Mutahi Kagwe stated that Kenya spends over Ksh500 billion annually on food imports, which is unsustainable and a threat to food sovereignty.
  • The warning was issued during a National and County Governments consultative meeting with the World Bank in Mombasa on Tuesday, February 3.
  • Projects like the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) and the Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP), funded by World Bank loans amounting to KSh 49.5 billion, must deliver value for money.

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