KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: $6.5 MILLION IN FUNDING

UNCLAS NAIROBI 000450 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KE SUBJECT: KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: $6.5 MILLION IN FUNDING SOUGHT FOR KOFI ANNAN-LEAD NEGOTIATIONS REF: GREEN EMAIL OF 02/11/08 ¶1. (U) Kofi Annan's negotiating team, headed by the African Union Secretariat and supported by UNDP, called a meeting of donors on February 9 to discuss their funding requirements over the next six months. (The parties to Kenya's current political crisis have agreed on a time-table of up to a year to resolve the underlying societal, legal, and economic problems facing the country, which will be mediated by the AU and UNDP team). As a result of the meeting, we received a $6.5 million project proposal. While the proposal is too long and incompatibly formatted for transmission via cable, we did send it to AF/E in ref email. Most donor countries present at the February 9 meeting indicated they would contribute funds. We certainly recommend US financial participation in this effort as well. RANNEBERGER