{"id":216644,"date":"2023-03-30T14:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T06:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=216644"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T06:26:32","slug":"belgium-to-support-kenyas-transformation-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=216644","title":{"rendered":"Belgium to support Kenya\u2019s transformation agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.ke\/cms\/article_thumbnails\/1680096199.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\">President William Ruto and Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRUSSELS, March 30 (NNN-KBC) &#8212; Belgium will support Kenya\u2019s development agenda through partnerships in trade and investment, health and renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also back peace and security plans in the region and climate adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenyan President William Ruto and Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations that will provide a framework for engagement on partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at FPS Chancery of the Prime Minister in Brussels, Belgium, Croo committed to supporting Kenya\u2019s food security agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On health, Kenya will work with Belgian Biotechnology companies to establish insulin, vaccine and cancer drug manufacturing companies in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belgium will also support Kenya\u2019s quest to maintain peace and stability for the sake of the region\u2019s prosperity.<br>The two leaders agreed to work together to advance the growth of the renewable energy sector in Kenya and promote carbon credit management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other areas of partnership discussed include port management, the digital economy and Kenya\u2019s position on the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabinet Secretaries Alfred Mutua (Foreign and Diaspora Affairs), Njuguna Ndungu (Finance) and Soipan Tuya (Environment) were also present. &#8212; NNN-KBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto and Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo BRUSSELS, March 30 (NNN-KBC) &#8212; Belgium will support Kenya\u2019s development agenda through partnerships in trade and investment, health and renewable energy. It will also back peace and security plans in the region and climate adaptation. Kenyan President William Ruto and Prime Minister of Belgium [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":216647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216644"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216648,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216644\/revisions\/216648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/216647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}