Foreign Aid and Foreign Debt
Total aid received by Kenya: Total foreign debt (2017): $27.59 billion Ke In 2001 Kenya received $134 million dollars in aid from the US, most of which went towards food aid and food security, as well as emergency response. However from 2002 on a higher percentage of aid went to HIV/AIDS than any other sector. In addition to this, the amount of aid they received began to increase. By 2009 they were receiving $770 million. The top three sectors that it went towards were HIV/AIDS, emergency response and basic health. The amount of aid reached a peak in 2014 when they received $1.1 billion dollars. This time, $122 million went towards conflicts and protecting peace in Kenya. Since 2014, their aid began to decline until it went as low as $556 million in 2019. This could be an indicator that Kenya is becoming less reliant on foreign aid for their development. Which is true, as Kenya is one of the fastest developing countries in the region. ...