J-Gov says to Kenya: Leave corruption to us professionals

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Popular Japanese actress Rei Kikukawa with Ambassador Satoru Miyamura when the actress paid him a courtesy call on Thursday 20 January 2005.

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This might have really been written by the Onion...

You mean it wasn't!? Damn, truth really is stranger than fiction. Or funnier, as in this case.

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This sure is a quick turnaround...Japan to Increase Funding to Kenya
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
March 3, 2005
Posted to the web March 2, 2005
Nairobi

The Government of Japan has pledged to continue funding development projects in Kenya.

Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on President Kibaki at State House Nairobi yesterday, the Japanese Parliamentary Secretary Keishiro Fukushima said Japan was satisfied with the measures put in place by the government in ensuring transparency and accountability in the implementation of public projects.

He said his government was particularly pleased with the commencement of Phase Two of Sondu-Miriu hydropower project, which will add another 60 megawatts of power to the national grid.

The President thanked Japan for its support, saying the Government greatly valued the cordial relations between the two countries.