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UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - February 3, 2005
JOHANNESBURG (PLUSNEWS) - Graft is threatening the disbursement of millions of dollars in foreign aid to tackle HIV/AIDS in Kenya, the US charged this week.
According to Agence France-Presse, the United States ambassador to Kenya, William Bellamy, said government corruption was a primary reason that only a fraction of the $70 million given by his country last year had been spent in Kenya.
Addressing Vice President Moody Awori, Bellamy said: "The government of Kenya must change how it spends the money it already has, and it must insist on obtaining results from that spending. I ... urge you, again, to use all your influence to get this government to start spending responsibly the funds it already has to fight HIV/AIDS."
He warned that other donors were equally wary of contributing until the problem was remedied.
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