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President Donald Trump looks over towards Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, left, after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 13, 2017. Trump signed “Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch”. [PHOTO: AP]
The US President Donald Trump’s first budget will hit Kenya hard if his proposals are approved. The Republican, who rode on the wave of making America great again, has proposed to cut foreign aid by a third.
In what is a signal to tough times ahead for the country, Mr Trump wants to slash funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the federal agency which funds a big chunk of Kenya’s healthcare including the fight against HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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