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Japan lauds Kenya as its biggest partner in Sub-Saharan Africa

President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Japanese Ambassador to Kenya Toshitsugu Uesawa during the commissioning of Ngong road Phase 1  on 22/3/2018. [Beverlyne Musili,Standard]

Kenya is Japan’s biggest development partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, having received a cumulative of Sh622 billion in form of technical assistance, grants and loans since independence.

Japanese Ambassador Toshitsugu Uesawa said Kenya was the first African country to host a Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD).

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