Kenya

The European Union is committed to supporting the implementation of Kenya’s institutional reforms, according to the bloc’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton. The reforms cover the judiciary, electoral, land and constitutional sectors, the African Press Agency reports. Meanwhile, the Kenyan government refuted allegations of fraud concerning the purchase of two buildings in Tokyo, worth 1.5 billion shillings (USD18 million), for the Kenyan embassy in Japan. Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetangula stressed that the transaction was a clean deal, Daily Nation reports.