By Rawlings Otieno
Nairobi, Kenya: The Kenya and French governments have renewed the scientific cooperation in various research programmes in the country for the next five years at a cost of Sh765 million.
The cooperation will involve researchers carrying out activities in the fields of heritage, socio-economic and political changes, agronomy, livestock production and climate change adaptation.
Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi said the Kenya Government will offer maximum support to ensure successful implementation.
“More than 100 Kenyan junior researchers have participated in these research programmes in Kenya and France and benefitted from pedagogical and financial (scholarships) support to strengthen their capacity of teaching and conducting research,” said Kaimenyi.
The CS made the remarks after signing the cooperation; on behalf of the Kenyan Government while France Ambassador to Kenya Rémi Maréchaux, signed on behalf of the French Government in Nairobi Thursday. The agreement dubbed The Kenya-France Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement follows the completion of the first phase of the cooperation that was signed in 2009 and ended this year.
