Relationship dossier
Kenya
Malaysia
Relationship assessment
Kenya and Malaysia maintain constructive ties, with bilateral agreements and technical cooperation.
Kenya toward Malaysia
+20During President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2017 visit to Malaysia, the Kenyan government pursued bilateral agreements covering areas of cooperation including tourism and investment.
Malaysia toward Kenya
+20Malaysia has provided technical cooperation and training opportunities relevant to Kenyan officials, and its government pursued bilateral agreements with Kenya during President Kenyatta’s 2017 visit.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is characterized by practical cooperation, including agreements pursued during a high-level visit and technical cooperation. The known initiatives support a constructive assessment, but their scope and durability are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
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
Kenya and Malaysia have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including through agreements associated with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2017 visit to Malaysia. The relationship also includes Malaysian technical cooperation and training opportunities relevant to Kenyan officials. These initiatives indicate constructive engagement, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not clear.
Key developments
During President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Malaysia, the two governments pursued agreements on cooperation including tourism and investment.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements reached during the 2017 visit are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing Malaysian technical cooperation with Kenyan government institutions is unclear.