Kenya: EU to unblock aid to Kenya ahead of new cabinet announcement

The European Union is expected to release the first 50-million-euro tranche of a 3-year aid package to Kenya after the enactment of corruption laws, news reports said Wednesday. The much delayed Public Procurement bill was signed into law by president Mwai Kibaki only at the end of November, after the E.U. had warned it would withhold the 120-million-euro package if the law was not enacted by the end of the year.