India - Kenya MoUs
Q. India and Kenya signed MoUs in which of the following areas?
1) Defence Cooperation
2) Visa norms
3) National Housing policy development and management- Published on 12 Jul 16a. 1, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 2, 3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
- India and Kenya have inked 7 agreements. The two countries entered into a revised double taxation avoidance agreement.
- An MoU on Defence Cooperation was also inked.
- An agreement on exemption of visa facilities for official and diplomatic passport holders, another MoU between Bureau of Indian standards and Bureau of Kenya standards and an MoU on national Housing policy development and management were also signed.
- India has extended two Lines of Credit to Kenya. The First is worth 15 million dollars for development of small and medium enterprises. The second is worth 29.95 million dollars for upgrading of Rift valley textiles factory.
- In the area of healthcare, India said it would build a cancer hospital in Kenya to provide quality and affordable health care.
