This article discusses the current and historical relations between

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and

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History

Danish Prime Minister

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the 12th Secretary General of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became CEO of polit ...

visited on 26 November 2008, the Karen Blixen Camp in Kenya. On 17 December 2009, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki visited Denmark.

Development cooperation

Kenya has been a long-term development partner of Denmark. Danish aid to Kenya goes back to Kenya's independence in 1963. Kenya is one of the four original beneficiaries for Danish

development assistance Development aid is a type of foreign/international/overseas aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social, and political development of developing countries. Closely-related concepts include: developm ...

. In 1989, Kenya was one of the first Danish program countries. The program aims to promote

good governance Good governance is the process of measuring how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for th ...

and respect for

human rights in Kenya Human rights in Kenya internationally maintain a variety of mixed opinions; specifically, political freedoms are highlighted as being poor and homosexuality remains a crime. In the Freedom in the World index for 2017, Kenya held a rating of '4' fo ...

and expand the democratic space to give citizens more say in its political and economic life. Denmark Supports along with other donors, the government's strategy to promote good governance, focusing on core areas as fighting corruption, judicial reforms, reforms in police and prison service. Denmark helps the agriculture sector in Kenya. Denmark supports the development of the overall institutional framework for the sector, for an infrastructure, to increase access to credit and a general market orientation of the sector. 198 million DKK was given in a period from 2005 to 2010.

Diplomatic missions

Denmark has an embassy in

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...

, and Kenya is represented in Denmark, through its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Denmark-Kenya Relations

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