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{{Infobox bilateral relations|Indian–Kenyan|India|Kenya|filetype=png|map=India_Kenya_Locator.png}}
'''India–Kenya relations''' are bilateral [[diplomatic relations]] between the [[Republic of India]] and the [[Republic of Kenya]].

==History==
[[File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi at India-Kenya Business Meet.jpg|thumb|right|Kenyan President [[Uhuru Kenyatta]] along with Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] who was on an official visit to Kenya; 2016.]]
As littoral states of the [[Indian Ocean]], trade links and commercial ties between India and Kenya go back several centuries. Kenya has [[Indians in Kenya|a large minority of Indians]] and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Persons of Indian Origin]] living there who are descendants of labourers who were brought in by the British to construct the [[Uganda Railway]] .<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIA - KENYA BILATERAL RELATIONS|url=http://www.hcinairobi.co.ke/Pages/Kenya_india_overview.html|publisher=High Commission of India, Nairobi|access-date=29 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828121542/http://www.hcinairobi.co.ke/Pages/Kenya_india_overview.html|archive-date=28 August 2012}}</ref>
Prior to [[India's independence]], the welfare of Indians in [[Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa|Southeast Africa]] gained the attention of [[Indian freedom fighter]]s. [[Sarojini Naidu]] chaired the [[Mombasa]] session of the East African Indian Congress in 1924 and a fact-finding mission under [[K. P. S. Menon (senior)|K.P.S. Menon]] was sent there in 1934. After India's independence, it established an Office of the Commissioner for [[British East Africa]] resident in [[Nairobi]] in 1948.<ref name="mea">{{cite web|title=India-Kenya Relations|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Kenya-January-2012.pdf|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, India|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> Given deteriorating race relations between Indians and Kenyans, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] appointed the senior diplomat [[Apa Saheb Bala Saheb Pant|Apa Pant]] as High Commissioner to Kenya. Nehru also gave support to [[Jomo Kenyatta]] and the [[Kenya African National Union]] party, asking Indians in Kenya to identify themselves with the locals.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grover|first=Verinder|title=Africa and India's Foreign Policy|publisher=Deep and Deep Publications|location=New Delhi|pages=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZQtmTCUb9QC&q=india+kenya+relations&pg=PA741}}</ref> Despite worsening race relations in Kenya that led to the exodus of Asians there to India and [[United Kingdom|Britain]], economic cooperation between India and Kenya flourished and became an exemplar of [[South-South cooperation]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kenya-India trade and aid relations flourish to benefit of both nations|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0312/031250.html|access-date=29 December 2012|newspaper=Christian Science Monitor|date=12 March 1981}}</ref>
Following [[Kenyan independence]] in 1963, an Indian High Commission was established in Nairobi

Kenya and India are members of international fora like [[United Nations]], [[Non-Aligned Movement]], [[Commonwealth of Nations]], [[Group of 77|G-77]] and [[Group of 15|G-15]] and the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation]] and often cooperate with each other on these fora.<ref>{{cite web|title=India- Kenya Economic Ties looking Up|url=http://www.diplomatist.com/dipo3rd08/story_20.htm|access-date=29 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201161708/http://www.diplomatist.com/dipo3rd08/story_20.htm|archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref>

==Economic ties==
India and Kenya have growing trade and commercial ties. Bilateral trade amounted to $2.4 billion in 2010–2011 but with Kenyan imports from India accounting for $2.3 billion, the [[balance of trade]] was heavily in India's favour. India is Kenya's sixth largest trading partner and the largest exporter to Kenya. Indian exports to Kenya include [[Pharmaceutical industry in India|pharmaceuticals]], [[steel]], machinery and [[Automobile industry in India|automobiles]] while Kenyan exports to India are largely primary commodities such as [[soda ash]], vegetables and [[tea]]. Indian companies have a significant presence in Kenya with Indian corporates like the [[Tata Group]], [[Essar]], [[Reliance Industries]] and [[Bharti Airtel]] operating there. The Indian [[Public sector banks in India|public sector banks]] [[Bank of Baroda]] and [[Bank of India]] have operations in Kenya.<ref>{{cite web|title=India-Kenya Relations - Ministry of External Affairs|url=http://www.kenyadetails.com/index.php/news/81-consumer-household/171-india-kenya-relations-ministry-of-external-affairs|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kenya: Trade with India is Not Balanced|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201105091572.html|publisher=All Africa|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India replaces Emirates as top source of Kenya imports|url=http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/india-replaces-emirates-top-source-kenya-imports|access-date=29 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903033907/http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/india-replaces-emirates-top-source-kenya-imports|archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref> Kenya has been trying to promote itself as a tourist destination in India. However air connectivity between the two countries is limited and is provided by [[Kenya Airways]] between Mumbai and Delhi to Nairobi. Services to Nairobi, which was [[Air India|Air India's]] second international destination, begun in 1951 was finally shut down by the airline in 2010.<ref name="mea" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Kenya could tap India's 11 million tourist population|url=http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-40867/kenya-could-tap-indias-11-million-tourist-population|access-date=29 December 2012|newspaper=The Star|date=21 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514074214/http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-40867/kenya-could-tap-indias-11-million-tourist-population|archive-date=14 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kenya Airways to Start Direct Flights to New Delhi|url=http://www.kenya-airways.com/Mobile/Press_Release/Kenya_Airways_to_Start_Direct_Flights_to_New_Delhi/|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> However, Air India has restarted flights on the Mumbai-Nairobi route since November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/28/c_138589718.htm|title=Air India returns to Kenya as first flight in 10 years lands in Nairobi - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref>

==Technical cooperation==
India offers 101 fully funded scholarships for Kenyans annually under its [[Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme]] for training them in technical skills. The [[Exim Bank (India)|Exim Bank of India]] has provided Kenya with a loan of $61 million for overhauling its national power grid.<ref>{{cite news|title=India-Kenya trade to rise 25 pct in 2011-envoy|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/kenya-india-trade-idINLDE71H1HM20110221|access-date=29 December 2012|newspaper=Reuters India|date=21 February 2011}}</ref> India's [[Pan-African e-Network project]] seeks to make available teleeducation and [[telemedicine]] facilities to African countries including Kenya. Indian investments in Kenya are now worth $1.5 billion and India's pharmaceutical exports have played a key role in making essential drugs available at affordable prices in Kenya.<ref>{{cite web|title=India-Kenya to Enhance Bilateral Trade to $2.5 Billion by 2012-13|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=66344|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref>

==Resident diplomatic missions==
* India has a [[High Commission of India, Nairobi|High Commission in Nairobi]] and maintains an Assistant High Commission in [[Mombasa]].<ref>[https://www.hcinairobi.gov.in Indian high commission in Nairobi]</ref>
* Kenya has a High Commission in [[New Delhi]].<ref>[http://newdelhi.mfa.go.ke Kenyan high commission in New Delhi]</ref>

== Covid-19 crisis ==
In March 2021, India gave 1 hundred thousand Covid-19 vaccines to Kenya on grant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaccine Supply|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/vaccine-supply.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref> Kenya donated 12 tonnes of tea, coffee and nuts to India for Covid-19 relief efforts during India's second wave Covid-19 crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenya donates food to India as COVID relief efforts, sends 12 tonnes of tea, coffee & nuts|url=https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/africa/kenya-donates-food-to-india-as-covid-relief-efforts-sends-12-tonnes-of-tea-coffee-and-nuts.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Republic World|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hinduism in Kenya]]
* [[Indians in Kenya]]
* [[List of Sacred Games episodes|''Sacred Games'']]

==References==
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{{Foreign relations of Kenya}}

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