Relationship dossier
Ireland
Kenya
Relationship assessment
A bilateral relationship with a longstanding Irish development-cooperation programme in Kenya
Ireland toward Kenya
+30Ireland has maintained a development-cooperation programme in Kenya, providing government-backed assistance in areas including governance and social development.
Kenya toward Ireland
+20Kenya engages with Ireland through the bilateral development-cooperation relationship, including its Irish-supported programme. The extent of other Kenyan government initiatives specifically directed toward Ireland is unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship is characterized by sustained Irish development assistance and government engagement around that programme. This provides a concrete cooperative basis, although the breadth of cooperation beyond development assistance is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Ireland and Kenya have a relationship with a significant development-cooperation component. Ireland’s long-running aid programme in Kenya supports areas including governance and social development, and the two governments engage through that partnership. The scope of Kenya’s reciprocal bilateral cooperation is less clear.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond Ireland’s development programme are unclear.
- Details of recent government-to-government engagements and their outcomes are limited.