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{{Politics of Kenya}}
Kenya maintains relations with various countries around the world. Its closest ties are with its fellow [[Swahili language|Swahili]]-speaking neighbors in the [[African Great Lakes]] region. Swahili speaking neighbours mainly include countries in the [[East African Community]] such as [[Burundi–Kenya relations|Burundi]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo–Kenya relations|the DRC]], [[Kenya–Rwanda relations|Rwanda]], [[Kenya–South Sudan relations|South Sudan]], [[Kenya–Tanzania relations|Tanzania]] and [[Kenya–Uganda relations|Uganda]].

Kenya's relations with other states vary. The government of Ethiopia established political links in the colonial period with Kenya's then British administration, and today it is one of several national bodies with a diplomatic presence in Nairobi. Relations with Somalia have historically been tense, although there has been some military co-ordination against insurgents.

Elsewhere, the Kenyan government has political ties with China, India, Pakistan, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and Brazil. It also maintains relations with Western countries, particularly the United Kingdom, although political and economic instabilities are often blamed on Western activities (e.g. colonialism, paternalistic engagement, and post-colonial [[resource exploitation]]).

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Kenya maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic_relations_of_Kenya.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!#
!Country
!Date
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|1
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|12 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Digest - Volume 11. |publisher=Africa Publications Trust. |year=1963 |pages=45}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|12 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2024 |title=Kenya, Ethiopia reaffirm commitment to strategic use of Lamu Port |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/business/kenya-ethiopia-reaffirm-commitment-to-strategic-use-of-lamu-port-4753622 |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisete Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |page=82 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|12 December 1963}}<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last=Thompson |title=Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966: Diplomacy Ideology, and the New State |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=1969 |pages=445-447}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Dts|12 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya-Israel Relations |url=https://kenyaembassyisrael.com/kenya-israel-relations/ |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|12 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yugoslav Survey 13 |publisher=Jugoslavija Publishing House |year=1972 |page=127}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|13 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenia Współpraca polityczna |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/kenia/kenia |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{flag|China}}
|{{dts|14 December 1963}}<ref name="Kenya">{{Cite web |title=Kenya |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183441.htm |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=china.org.cn}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{flag|India}}
|{{dts|14 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_indian-and-foreign-review_1964-01-01_1_6/page/26/mode/1up?q=exchange+diplomatic+representatives |title=Indian and Foreign Review 1964-01-01: Vol 1 Iss 6 |date=January 1964 |publisher=Indian Foreign Review |pages=26}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|18 December 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenia: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/kenia-node/kenia-208042 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|31 January 1964}}<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Africa Research, Limited |year=1964 |pages=29}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|January 1964}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Petruf |first=Pavol |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |pages=99–119 |language=sk}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Dts|January 1964}}<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |title=Utlands Svenskarna, 26–27 |year=1964 |pages=15 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 February 1964}}<ref name="ReferenceF">{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1963 |pages=114 |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 February 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries & Regions |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/list.do |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|14 February 1964}}<ref name=":13">{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=https://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|14 February 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Soviet Foreign Policy: 1945-1980 |publisher=Progress Publishers |year=1981 |pages=642–681}}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Dts|22 February 1964}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Dts|28 February 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ambassade de Suisse à Nairobi (1964...) |url=https://dodis.ch/R6480?p=0&dad=0&dau=0&dm=2&o=0&dc=0 |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Dts|2 March 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Countries |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|7 March 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2024 |title=Shoukry participates in joint foreign ministerial committee with Kenya |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/191939/Shoukry-participates-in-joint-foreign-ministerial-committee-with-Kenya?lang=en-us |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=Egypt State Information Service}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|21 March 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gecsényi |first1=Lajos |url=https://www.academia.edu/40608325 |title=Diplomaták a változó világban Főkonzulok, követek és nagykövetek 1945-1990 |work=Főkonzulok, követek, nagykövetek |publisher=Lajos Gecsényi |year=2015 |language=hu}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|29 April 1964}}<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1964 |pages=60}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|5 May 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|21 May 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Africa Research, Limited |year=1964 |pages=73 |quote=George Padmore, has presented his credentials to the Governor General of Kenya...}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|28 May 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhzOORv_t68C&dq=Nigerian+high+commissioner+to+Kenya+Mr.+Ade+Martins+...+presenting+his+credentials+...+1964&pg=RA3-PA7 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 105-106 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1964 |pages=7}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 June 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The embassy of Japan in Kenya 50th anniversary |url=https://www.ke.emb-japan.go.jp/files/000150211.pdf |access-date=20 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}</ref>
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 June 1964}}<ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1964 |pages=90}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|7 July 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Kenya Directory of the Diplomatic Corps |publisher=Kenya. Protocol Office |year=1968 |pages=67 |quote=Embassy of Italy  Ambassador H.E. Marquis Giovanni Revedin di San Martino ( 7-7-64 )}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|10 September 1964}}<ref name="ReferenceG">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=362}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|23 October 1964}}<ref name="Kenya Ministry of External Affairs">{{Cite book |title=Kenya Directory of the Diplomatic Corps of High Commissions, Embassies, Consulate-generals, Consuls, Trade Commissions, Holy See, International Organizations |publisher=Kenya Ministry of External Affairs |year=1967 |pages=39}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|4 November 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Institut international de droit des pays d'expression française Issues 1-9 |publisher=The Institut |year=1965 |pages=62 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|15 December 1964}}<ref name="Österreichisches Staatsarchiv">{{Cite book |title=Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs Volume 51 |publisher=Österreichisches Staatsarchiv |year=2004 |pages=60 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|28 January 1965}}<ref name="ReferenceH">{{Cite book |title=Kenya Directory of the Diplomatic Corps of High Commissions, Embassies, Consulate-generals, Consuls, Trade Commissions, Holy See, International Organizations |publisher=Kenya Ministry of External Affairs |year=1967 |pages=101}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|11 June 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 111-115 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|12 June 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=313 |quote=Burundi - Kenya . M. M. Musabya- mana has been appointed Burundi Am- bassador to Kenya . ( EAS 12 / ) 6}}</ref>
|-
|37
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Dts|14 June 1965}}<ref name="ties">{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=30 March 2018 |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|19 June 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|23 August 1965}}<ref name="Ties with Africa2">{{cite news |date=24 August 1965 |title=Ties with Africa. |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131834619 |accessdate=4 June 2015 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{DTS|28 September 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999 |pages=160}}</ref>
|-
|40
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{DTS|31 December 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/busqueda.php |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|41
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara - negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=ms}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Afrique - Kenya |url=http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/147/language/en-US/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129174244/http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politiqueétrangère/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/147/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
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|43
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|8 December 1966}}<ref name="Kenya. Protocol Office">{{Cite book |title=Kenya Directory of the Diplomatic Corps |publisher=Kenya. Protocol Office |year=1968 |pages=53}}</ref>
|-
|44
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|27 April 1967}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Ficha de paises y territorios |url=https://www.exteriores.gob.es/es/Comunicacion/Paginas/Ficha.aspx |access-date=13 August 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|45
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|14 June 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1967 |pages=794 |quote=Guinea Kenya . M. Filly Cissoko, the new Guinean Ambassador to Kenya, has presented his credentials to President Kenyatta . ( MAC 14/6 )}}</ref>
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|46
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 July 1967}}<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1967 |pages=827}}</ref>
|-
|47
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 July 1967}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=สาธารณรัฐเคนยา |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bcc1e15e39c306000a0d7?cate=5d5bcb4e15e39c3060006870 |access-date=19 January 2024 |language=th}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 August 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fr6BZFSucfkC&dq=Lebanon+and+Kenya+decided+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+...&pg=PA9 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 161-165 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1967 |pages=9 |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>
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|49
|{{flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|30 October 1967}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999 |pages=82–87}}</ref>
|-
|50
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|5 December 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1967 |pages=926}}</ref>
|-
|51
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|{{dts|17 December 1967}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Françoise Moussu |title=Chronologie des faits internationaux d'ordre juridique - 1967 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1967_num_13_1_1962 |access-date=9 April 2024 |journal=Annuaire Français de Droit International |date=1967 |volume=13 |page=971 |doi=10.3406/afdi.1967.1962 |language=fr |quote=17. - Relations Diplomatiques - Kenya - Somalies.- Etablissement de relations entre les deux pays suite à la suite de la médiation de l'O.U.A.}}</ref>
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|52
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|30 March 1968}}<ref name="ReferenceF2">{{Cite book |title=Zeki Kuneralp and the Turkish Foreign Service |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015 |page=410}}</ref>
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|53
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|23 April 1968}}<ref name="ReferenceI">{{Cite book |title=Kenya Directory of the Diplomatic Corps |publisher=Kenya. Protocol Office |year=1968 |pages=75}}</ref>
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|54
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 April 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1968 |pages=1033}}</ref>
|-
|55
|{{flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|20 June 1968}}<ref name=":422">{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999 |pages=115}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 2757-2809 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1968 |pages=4 |quote=... Lesotho has established diplomatic relations with Kenya; its High Commissioner and roving ambassador, Charles Molapo, has arrived in Nairobi ( CTK in English 15.30 GMT 20.6.68 )}}</ref>
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|56
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|22 June 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe}}</ref>
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|57
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|26 November 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Maghreb: Documents: Algérie, Maroc, Tunisie, Issues 31-35 |publisher=Centre d'étude des relations internationales (France). Section Afrique du nord, France. Direction de la documentation |year=1969 |pages=26 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|58
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|14 April 1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |year=1969 |pages=1393}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|12 May 1969}}<ref name="ReferenceJ">{{Cite book |title=Middle East Economic Digest - Volume 13 |publisher=Middle East Economic Digest, Limited |year=1969 |pages=673}}</ref>
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|60
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|{{Dts|13 March 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1970 |pages=1694}}</ref>
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|61
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Dts|30 April 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho |publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2003 |pages=528–529 |language=es}}</ref>
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|62
|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{Dts|18 May 1970}}<ref name="ReferenceK">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1970 |pages=1751}}</ref>
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|63
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|{{Dts|15 August 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Record of the Arab World: Yearbook of Arab and Israeli Politics |publisher=Research and Publishing House |year=1970 |pages=5234}}</ref>
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|64
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|4 September 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts, Non-Arab Africa · Issues 3420-3497 |publisher=[[BBC]] |year=1970 |pages=10}}</ref>
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|65
|{{flag|Guyana}}
|{{DTS|December 1970}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref>
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|66
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|3 October 1971}}<ref name="Iranian Government">{{Cite book |title=The White Revolution and Iran's Independent National Policy |publisher=Iranian Government |year=1973 |pages=43}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|5 September 1972}}<ref name="ReferenceL">{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa - Issues 4029-4106 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service · 1972}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|1972}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cyprus 40 Years on from Independence : Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of North London on 16-17 November 2000 |publisher=Bibliopolis |year=2002 |pages=194}}</ref>
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|69
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|30 October 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|70
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{DTS|27 January 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2015 |title=Directorio del Cuerpo Diplomático y Consular acreditado en la República de Colombia |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/directoriocuerpodiplomatico-14abril2015jsre.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |pages=7–12 |language=es}}</ref>
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|71
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{DTS|3 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal}}</ref>
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|72
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|4 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2019 |title=Today, July 4, we celebrate 44 years of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Kenya. |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1146690106473848832 |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Date table sorting|September 1975}}<ref name=":132">{{cite book |last=Prada |first=Hugo Harvey |title=Las relaciones entre Chile e Israel, 1973-1990. La conexión oculta |publisher=RIL Editores |year=2012 |pages=68 |language=es}}</ref>
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|74
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|25 February 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |title=Disponen la reapertura de la Embajada del Perú en Kenia |url=https://busquedas.elperuano.pe/dispositivo/NL/2213191-3 |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=Diario Oficial del Bicentenario El Peruano |language=es}}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|4 March 1976}}<ref name="ReferenceM">{{Cite book |title=Información comercial española boletin semanal |publisher=1976 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|76
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 March 1976}}<ref>{{cite web |date=16 April 2021 |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref>
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|77
|{{flag|Gabon}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 July 1976}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1976 |pages=4083}}</ref>
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|78
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|{{Dts|5 November 1976}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uBUFAQAAIAAJ&dq=ambassador+Kenya+to+Mozambique+presented+credentials+6+November+1976&pg=RA2-PA30-IA2 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1696-1699 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1976 |pages=31 |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>
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|79
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 November 1976}}<ref name="Africa Research Bulletin">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1976 |pages=4243}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|10 January 1977}}<ref name=":34">{{Cite web |title=Países |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|15 March 1977}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Informe de labores - Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |publisher=Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1976 |pages=26 and 36–37 |language=es}}</ref>
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|82
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|8 February 1978}}<ref name="ReferenceN">{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa - Issues 5703-5776 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1978}}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|7 November 1978}}<ref name="ReferenceO">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1978 |pages=5052}}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|16 January 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_prex-710fbis-ssa-79-012/page/n2/mode/1up?q=establish+diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report--Sub-Saharan Africa |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1979 |pages=4 |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|4 April 1979}}<ref name="archive.org">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_prex-710fbis-ssa-79-067/page/n3/mode/1up?q=first+Irish+ambassador |title=FBIS Daily Report--Sub-Saharan Africa |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1979 |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>
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|86
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|12 October 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Politica Bilateral Ecuador y Asia, Africa y Oceania |url=http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/pol_internacional/bilateral/africa_asia_oce.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402081342/http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/pol_internacional/bilateral/africa_asia_oce.htm |archive-date=2 April 2004 |access-date=27 October 2025 |website=mmrree.gov.ec |language=es}}</ref>
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|87
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|15 October 1979}}<ref name="indonesia">{{cite news |title=Indonesian Embassy in Nairobi celebrates 45 years of Indonesia-Kenya relations with events in Jakarta and Bandung |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2024/10/indonesian-embassy-in-nairobi-celebrates-45-years-of-indonesia-kenya-relations-with-events-in-jakarta-and-bandung/#:~:text=NAIROBI%2C%20Kenya%2C%20Oct%2015%2D,drawing%20over%20500%20Kenyan%20participants. |work=Capital News |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>
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|88
|{{flag|Niger}}
|{{dts|12 May 1981}}<ref name="ReferenceP">{{Cite book |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 182-187 |publisher=1981 |pages=159 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|89
|{{flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|12 March 1982}}<ref name="ReferenceQ">{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique - Issues 194-202 |publisher=1982 |pages=173 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|90
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|15 May 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 1982 |title=CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE accrédité auprès des Communautés européennes |url=https://aei.pitt.edu/52878/1/B0806.pdf |access-date=19 June 2025 |pages=1, 101 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|91
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|5 June 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Embassy Abu Dhabi 9 June 1982 |url=https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fco/8/4473/n/21 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Arabian Gulf Digital Archives}}</ref>
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|92
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|9 June 1982}}<ref name="ReferenceE">{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-k.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122030138/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-k.php |archive-date=22 January 2009 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade}}</ref>
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|93
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 July 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service · 1982 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|94
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Dts|13 November 1982}}<ref name="Le Mois en Afrique Issues 205-210">{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique Issues 205-210 |publisher=1983 |pages=171 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|95
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|2 February 1983}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 February 1983 |title=Kenya and Albania Set Ties |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/02/world/kenya-and-albania-set-ties.html |access-date=11 November 2023 |work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>
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|96
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|5 March 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1983 |volume=7270–7321 |pages=6}}</ref>
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|97
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|13 December 1983}}<ref name="ReferenceR">{{Cite book |title=Kenya |publisher=Newspread International |year=1991 |pages=196}}</ref>
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|98
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{dts|13 March 1984}}<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |title=Etat des relations |url=http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818144121/http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et de la Cooperation Internationale Djibouti |language=fr}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 April 1985}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Issues 2056-2068 |publisher=195 |pages=1007 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|100
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 July 1985}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin |publisher=Agência Angola Press |year=1985 |volume=1–21 |pages=12}}</ref>
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|101
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|10 January 1990}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 2022 |title=Seychelles and Kenya reaffirmed their commitment to bolstering cooperation to new heights |url=https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/www/news/5600/seychelles-and-kenya-reaffirmed-their-commitment-to-bolstering-cooperation-to-new-heights |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
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|102
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 March 1990}}<ref name="ReferenceS">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_fbis-afr-90-057/page/n18/mode/1up?q=Namibia+diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report Africa Sub-Sahara |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1990 |pages=14 |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>
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|103
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|30 September 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|104
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Dts|15 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Štáty a teritóriá |url=https://www.mzv.sk/staty |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|105
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|5 May 1993}}<ref name="MEAfrica">{{cite web |title=Middle East and Africa |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/middle-east-and-africa |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|106
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|13 July 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=30 August 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia}}</ref>
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|107
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{Dts|14 September 1993}}<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |title=Eritrea Update |publisher=Provisional Government of Eritrea (EPLF), Mission to the USA and Canada |year=1992}}</ref>
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|108
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 November 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан |url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|109
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|17 November 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belarus-Kenya |url=https://kenya.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/ |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>
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|110
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|12 April 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Issues 1-4 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=157 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Kenya full diplomatic 12/04/94}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya (Republic of) |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/kenya.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918224200/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/kenya.html |archive-date=18 September 2015 |access-date=15 June 2025 |website=Department International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa}}</ref>
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|111
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|19 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Memoria anual 2015 |url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2019 |pages=19–25 |language=es}}</ref>
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|112
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|23 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Countries with which the Republic of Maldives has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629032804/https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|113
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|21 December 1995}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Kenya and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Kenya+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
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|114
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Dts|23 April 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/dates-establishment-and-renewal-diplomatic-relations |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv}}</ref>
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|115
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Dts|28 July 1997}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=}}</ref>
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|116
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{dts|26 September 1997}}<ref name=":0" />
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|117
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2022 |title=Jordanian-Kenyan economic forum to be held on Sunday |url=https://en.ammonnews.net/article/62200 |access-date=24 December 2023 |website=ammonnews.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=العلاقات الأردنية - الكينية |url=https://www.mfa.gov.jo/bilateral/42 |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=mfa.gov.jo |language=ar}}</ref>
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|118
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|12 December 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
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|119
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|31 October 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2018 |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
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|120
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|25 March 2003}}<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Kenya - Diplomatic List May 2008 |url=http://kenyacoast.net/images/Kenya%20Diplomatic%20List%20May%2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904184232/http://kenyacoast.net/images/Kenya%20Diplomatic%20List%20May%2008.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2012 |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
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|121
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|28 December 2003}}<ref name="العلاقات الثنائية">{{Cite web |title=العلاقات الثنائية |url=https://www.mofa.gov.qa/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85?country=KE#The-World |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=mofa.gov.qa |language=ar}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|28 May 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|20 July 2004}}<ref name=":8" />
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|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|3 November 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|5 November 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|1 December 2004}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral relations - Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800 |access-date=5 February 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|{{dts|25 June 2005}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spsrasd.info/sps-e110705.html|title= SADR and Zambia establish diplomatic relations|date=11 July 2005|access-date=25 August 2013|publisher=Sahrawi Press Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013040618/http://www.spsrasd.info/sps-e110705.html|archive-date=13 October 2008}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{dts|1 February 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{Dts|23 April 2007}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Directory of Diplomatic Corps and International Organizations 2016/2017 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2017%20Kenya.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110175131/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2017%20Kenya.pdf |archive-date=10 January 2024 |access-date=27 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Kenya |page=8}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Chad}}
|{{dts|26 May 2007}}<ref name=":6" />
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|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{dts|14 September 2007}}<ref name=":33">{{Cite web |date=April 2010 |title=Activity report 2010 |url=https://www.orderofmalta.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/activity_report_2010.pdf |access-date=21 November 2023 |page=90}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 October 2007}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS |url=http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004004739/http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |archive-date=4 October 2017 |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{dts|2008|1|26|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIRECTORY OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014/2015 |url=http://www.mfa.go.ke/downloads/DIPLOMATIC%20DIRECTORY%20-%202014%20-%202015%20-%20UPDATED%20SEPTEMBER%2011.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023095149/http://www.mfa.go.ke/downloads/DIPLOMATIC%20DIRECTORY%20-%202014%20-%202015%20-%20UPDATED%20SEPTEMBER%2011.pdf |archive-date=23 October 2014 |access-date=30 March 2025 |page=145}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|16 April 2008}}<ref name=":8" />
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|{{flag|Brunei}}
|{{DTS|11 August 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunei, Kenya establish diplomatic relations |url=https://www.sultanate.com/news_server/2008/12_aug_1.html |access-date=25 April 2023 |website=(Borneo Bulletin | date=12 August 2008}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|25 September 2008}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|26 September 2008}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|26 September 2008}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{dts|15 October 2008}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Kenya - DIRECTORY OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014/2015 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2014,%202015%20Kenya.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127104914/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2014,%202015%20Kenya.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2024 |access-date=30 July 2024 |pages=5–10}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|11 December 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|25 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|12 October 2009}}<ref name=":6" />
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|{{dts|2 July 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|21 September 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|25 September 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|7|9}}<ref>{{cite web |date=31 January 2012 |title=Ministry Conducts Training for Senior South Sudan Diplomats |url=http://www.mfa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=426:ministry-conducts-training-for-senior-south-sudan-diplomats&catid=35:news |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207000621/http://www.mfa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=426:ministry-conducts-training-for-senior-south-sudan-diplomats&catid=35:news |archive-date=7 February 2012 |access-date=3 February 2012 |publisher=Kenya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|{{dts|6 October 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|16 December 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|22 March 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|28 August 2012}}<ref name=":6" />
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|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 September 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2014 |title=Barbados Signs Joint Communique to Establish Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Kenya |url=https://www.investbarbados.org/news/barbados-signs-joint-communique-to-establish-diplomatic-relations-with-the-republic-of-kenya/ |access-date=2 April 2021 |website=Invest Barbados |archive-date=30 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130192537/https://www.investbarbados.org/news/barbados-signs-joint-communique-to-establish-diplomatic-relations-with-the-republic-of-kenya/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 September 2015}}<ref name=":143">{{Cite web |title=REGISTRO DE FECHAS DE ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{dts|22 September 2016}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|30 July 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|6 August 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|24 September 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|26 September 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{dts|28 November 2019}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 November 2019 |title=La RCA renforce sa coopération bilatérale avec le Kenya |url=https://ndjonisango.com/2019/11/28/la-rca-renforce-sa-cooperation-bilaterale-avec-le-kenya |access-date=8 October 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{dts|10 December 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{Dts|7 January 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2020 |title=Kenya and Guinea Bissau agree to deepen bilateral ties |url=https://www.facebook.com/StateHouseKenya/posts/kenya-and-guinea-bissau-agree-to-deepen-bilateral-tiesmombasa-7-january-2020-psc/3207548382593997/ |website=State House Kenya in Facebook |access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref>
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|158
|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{DTS|1 July 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Kenya and Dominica |url=https://www.un.int/kenya/news/establishment-diplomatic-relations-between-kenya-and-dominica |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|12 August 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2020 |title=Establishment of Formal Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Kenya |url=http://www.foreign.gov.vc/foreign/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=507:establishment-of-formal-diplomatic-relations-between-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-and-the-republic-of-kenya&catid=24&Itemid=34 |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919114854/http://foreign.gov.vc/foreign/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=507:establishment-of-formal-diplomatic-relations-between-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-and-the-republic-of-kenya&catid=24&Itemid=34 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|160
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{Dts|12 May 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stabilimento delle relazioni diplomatiche con la Repubblica del Kenya |url=https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti/scheda17164195.html |access-date=3 December 2021 |language=it |website=[[Grand and General Council]]}}</ref>
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|161
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{Dts|23 September 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honduras establece relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Kenia |url=https://proceso.hn/honduras-establece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-la-republica-de-kenia/ |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=Proceso Digital |date=23 September 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{dts|16 February 2022}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://www.exteriors.ad/en/101-continguts-angles/diplomatic-representations/diplomatic-relations |access-date=3 July 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Andorra}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|1 March 2022}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|29 April 2022}}<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Diplomatic Missions to the Principality of Liechtenstein |url=https://www.regierung.li/files/attachments/Liste-Diplomatisches-Corps-englisch-Internet-Version.pdf?t=637871195864969742 |access-date=10 September 2022 |page=16}}</ref>
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|{{dts|22 June 2022}}<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1539614387643842561 |user=MFABelize |title=At CHOGM2022, FM Eamon Courtenay and Amb. Raychelle Omamo, Cabinet Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, established diplomatic relations between Belize and Kenya. Belize seeks to expand its engagement with Africa and UN agencies and multilateral organisations in Nairobi. |date=22 June 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{dts|23 June 2022}}<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1539959778587336704 |user=ForeignOfficeKE |title=CS Amb Raychelle Omamo signed Joint Communique on establishing diplomatic relations with Belize Foreign Minister Hon. Eamon Courtenay, Wednesday, June 22 2022 and signed with Hon.Chet Greene, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda, Thurs 23rd. |date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
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|{{dts|14 March 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{dts|1 September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2023 |title=Kenya is committed to stronger diplomatic ties |url=https://www.president.go.ke/kenya-is-committed-to-stronger-diplomatic-ties/ |access-date=26 January 2024 |website=president.go.ke}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|20 September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1704608768728698882 |user=MoFAGrenada |title=Grenada signs Joint Communique establishing Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Kenya on the margins of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. |date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
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|170
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|20 September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haïti et Kenya établissent des relations diplomatiques |url=https://www.gazettehaiti.com/node/10293 |access-date=21 September 2023 |website=Gazette Haiti |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|19 January 2024}}<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1748310433138692240 |user=MusaliaMudavadi |title=Delighted to announce the beginning of the journey to establish diplomatic relations with the Bahamas. |date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
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|172
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|20 September 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of Uzbekistan |url=https://gov.uz/en/mfa/pages/o-zbekiston-respublikasi-diplomatik-munosabatlar-o-rnatgan-davlatlar |access-date=18 May 2025 |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan]]}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|14 October 2025}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 October 2025 |title=Diplomacy: New Ambassadors Accredited Kenya – Bahrain |url=https://en.gouv.mc/Princely-Governement/News/Diplomacy-New-Ambassadors-Accredited-Kenya-Bahrain |website=en.gouv.mc |access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref>
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== Bilateral relations ==

=== Africa ===

===[[East African Community]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations established
! style="width:50%;"| Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Burundi}}|| ||{{main|Burundi–Kenya relations}}
Burundi is a partner of Kenya in many areas, particularly trade, security (military), education, agriculture and energy. In 2011, both countries signed a comprehensive bilateral agreement to promote development and technology transfer in agriculture, livestock and fisheries development between them.

During the Burundian ethnic clashes, a significant number of Burundians took up refuge in Kenya. Burundi, along with Kenya, is one of the [[Swahili language|Swahili]]-speaking states in the [[African Great Lakes]] region.
* Burundi has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Bujumbura]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Democratic Republic of the Congo–Kenya relations}}
The DRC is a strategic partner of Kenya in many areas, particularly trade and security.

The peace deal between the Government of the DRC and leaders of the [[M23 rebellion (2012–2013)|M23 rebellion]] was brokered by multiple parties and was signed in Nairobi in late 2013. M23 was routed in a UN-backed offensive by government troops. Under the deal there would be no amnesty for those wanted for war crimes. The deal was hosted by Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of Kenya.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=2013-12-12 |title=DR Congo government 'signs deal with M23 in Kenya' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25357821 |access-date=2023-06-21}}</ref>
By the end of 2014 both countries were to sign a Joint Commission for Cooperation. Under the agreement Kenya was to establish a consulate in [[Goma]] and DRC in [[Mombasa]]<ref name="businessdailyafrica">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya--DR-Congo-to-open-consulates-to-boost-trade/-/539546/1745512/-/6e4w00z/-/index.html . Kenya, DR Congo to open consulates to boost trade Retrieved on 7 January 2015.</ref> The deal would help deepen trade and investment between both countries.

Both countries are inhabited by significant [[Swahili language|Swahili]] speaking populations, Swahili is the national language in both countries. Kenya and the DRC share some cultural similarities.

* DR Congo has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Kinshasa]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Rwanda}}||11 June 1965 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 June 1965 when first Ambassador of Rwanda to Kenya (resident in Kampala) Mr. Malahie Musabyimana presented his credentials to President Kenyatta.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecxr4N5t9EIC&dq=Kenya:+++Rwanda+Ambassador+...+11+June+1965&pg=RA8-PP9 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 111-115 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965 |pages=14 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Rwanda relations}}
Kenya is a partner of Rwanda in many areas, particularly trade, security (military), education, agriculture and energy.

It is estimated that there are about 100,000 Rwandese immigrants in Kenya.

Both countries have on multiple occasions signed various memoranda of understanding. These MOUs involve co-operative technical assistance and development between the two countries.<ref name="minicom">[http://www.minicom.gov.rw/index.php?id=24&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=185&cHash=c9dee63413a2a2875cf5f2f3c52af3b Rwanda and Kenya to strengthen cooperation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120044452/http://www.minicom.gov.rw/index.php?id=24&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=185&cHash=c9dee63413a2a2875cf5f2f3c52af3b |date=20 January 2015 }}. Retrieved 20 January 2015.</ref>

Kenya has a significant expat community in Rwanda.
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Kigali]].
* Rwanda has a high commission in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|South Sudan}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Kenya–South Sudan relations}}
South Sudan is a strategic partner of Kenya in many areas. Both countries have cultural similarities as many people from South Sudan lived in Kenya before independence.

Kenya is said to have contributed a to South Sudan's independence. The Machakos Protocol signed in Kenya in 2002 saw a ceasefire signed between Sudan and the Southern Sudanese. It was the first of many agreements that led to the creation of [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–11)|Southern Sudan autonomous region]] which later on led to the independence of South Sudan in 2011. During the independence movement leaders of the freedom movement lived in Kenya. At the peak of the second Sudanese civil war Kenya hosted about 100,000 South Sudanese people.<ref name="AlJazeera">http://studies.aljazeera.net/ResourceGallery/media/Documents/2012/3/29/201232915413854734South%20Sudan%20and%20Kenya.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106020855/http://studies.aljazeera.net/ResourceGallery/media/Documents/2012/3/29/201232915413854734South%20Sudan%20and%20Kenya.pdf |date=6 January 2015 }} . South Sudan and Kenya: The Relationships Retrieved on 5 January 2015.</ref>
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Juba]].
* South Sudan has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Tanzania}}||13 December 1983 ||Both countries established full diplomatic relations on 13 December 1983<ref name="ReferenceR"/>{{main|Kenya–Tanzania relations}}
Tanzania is a partner of Kenya in many areas, particularly trade, security (military), education, agriculture and energy.

The first high commissions of Kenya in Tanzania and vice versa were opened after the independence of Kenya. However, after the breakup of the EAC in 1977, both countries severed diplomatic ties. The breakup of the first EAC which was founded in 1967 was brought about by ideological differences between Tanzania and Kenya. As it was during the cold war African countries were making decisions on whether to become socialist or capitalist. Kenya's leader Kenyatta was intent on making sure that Kenya wouldn't become socialist and Kenya stuck to capitalism. Tanzania on the other hand championed for [[Ujamaa]], a major African socialist policy.<ref>Fred Oluoch [https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/What-killed-the-first-EAC-marriage-/-/2558/2057490/-/2yyvwsz/-/index.html Lest we forget: What killed the first EAC marriage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215165805/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/What-killed-the-first-EAC-marriage-/-/2558/2057490/-/2yyvwsz/-/index.html |date=15 February 2020 }} ''[[The EastAfrican]]'' 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2015.</ref>

Tanzania and Kenya resumed diplomatic ties in 1983.<ref name=kenyahighcomtz>[http://www.kenyahighcomtz.org/index.php?action=kenya-tanzania-relations.html Kenya Tanzania Relations]. Retrieved 20 January 2015.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107150626/http://www.kenyahighcomtz.org/index.php?action=kenya-tanzania-relations.html |date=7 January 2015 }}</ref> By that time, a lot of factors were slowing the idea of Ujamaa in Tanzania among them the war with [[Uganda]] and many other social factors.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Today both countries enjoy healthy relations. Both countries are inhabited by the world's largest [[Swahili language|Swahili]] speaking populations, Swahili is the official and national language in both countries. Kenya and Tanzania share a lot of cultural similarities.
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Dar-es-Salaam]].
* Tanzania has a high commission in Nairobi and a consulate-general in [[Mombasa]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Uganda}}||8 February 1978 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 February 1978<ref name="ReferenceN"/>{{main|Kenya–Uganda relations}}

The two [[East African Community]] countries are partners in many areas, particularly in the trade, infrastructure, security (military), education, agriculture and energy sectors.

From 1961 to 1965, the two states along with [[Tanzania]] were united in the East African Common Services Organisation, a [[common market]] with a loose federal structure.<ref>East Africa Living Encyclopedia: [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/kforeignrelation.htm Kenya - Foreign Relations]</ref> Kenya and Uganda were also founding members of the original [[East African Community]] (EAC), which later collapsed due to ideological differences and territorial disputes within itself.

On 7 July 2000, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania reestablished the EAC. It has contributed a great deal in improving trade and overall relations between Kenya and Uganda.

The countries are both inhabited by significant [[Swahili language|Swahili]]-speaking populations, and share significant cultural similarities. 
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Kampala]].
* Uganda has a high commission in Nairobi.
|}

===Rest of Africa===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations established
! style="width:50%;"| Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Algeria}}||23 June 1964 ||{{main|Algeria–Kenya relations}}

|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Angola}}||22 July 1985||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 July 1985 when Kenya's Ambassador to Angola Mr. John Kaumau Kimani presented his credentials.<ref>{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin. Vol. 1–21 |publisher=Agência Angola Press |year=1985 |pages=12}}</ref>{{main|Angola–Kenya relations}}

* Angola has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Luanda]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Botswana}}||30 October 1967 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 October 1967.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=83}}</ref>{{main|Botswana–Kenya relations}}

* Botswana has a high commission in Nairobi.
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Gaborone]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Djibouti}}||13 March 1984 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 March 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Etat des Relations |url=http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818144121/http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et de la Cooperation Internationale Djibouti |language=fr}}</ref>{{main|Djibouti–Kenya relations}}

* Djibouti has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Djibouti City]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Egypt}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Egypt–Kenya relations}}

* Egypt has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Cairo]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}||26 June 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 June 1964 and opened Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiopia, Kenya to Mark 55th Anniversary |url=https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/en_8336 |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=ena.et}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Embassy in Nairibi, Kenya: History of the Embassy |url=https://www.embassypages.com/ethiopia-embassy-nairobi-kenya |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=Embassy Pages}}</ref>{{main|Ethiopia–Kenya relations}}

Relations between Kenya and Ethiopia date back to 1954, when the Ethiopian authorities under [[Haile Selassie I]] established an honorary consulate general in the British [[Kenya Colony]]. In 1961, prior to Kenya's independence, Ethiopia appointed its first ambassador to Kenya, and six years later Kenya opened an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>[http://mfa.gov.et/Foreign_Policy_And_Relation/Bilateral.php "Ethiopia – Kenya relations"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095640/http://mfa.gov.et/Foreign_Policy_And_Relation/Bilateral.php |date=25 March 2012 }}, Ministry of Foreign Affairs website (accessed 9 October 2009)</ref>

The border between the two countries is based on a treaty signed by Ethiopia and Kenya on 9 June 1970, which determines the present-day boundary, abrogating all previous boundary treaties. This border has been subjected to demarcation.<ref>[http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf "Ethiopia – Kenya Boundary"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318063413/http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf |date=18 March 2009 }}, U.S. State Department International Boundary Study, No. 152 – 15 October 1975</ref>
* Ethiopia has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Ghana}}||16 December 1963 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 December 1963<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBYSZaGGmEUC&dq=-China+Kenya+and+Mali+has+decided+to+exchange+diplomatic+representatives&pg=RA13-PA9 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 244-245 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1963 |pages=9 |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>{{main|Ghana–Kenya relations}}

* Ghana has a high commission in Nairobi.
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Accra]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Mozambique}}||5 November 1976||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 November 1976 when Ambassador of Kenya Hon. Kiyinda Nincola, has presented his credentials to President of Mozambique Samora Moises Machel.<ref name=":7"/>{{main|Kenya–Mozambique relations}}

* Kenya has a high commission in [[Maputo]].
* Mozambique has a high commission in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Namibia}}||22 March 1990 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 March 1990 when was officially opened the Kenya High Commission in Windhoek.<ref name="ReferenceS"/>{{main|Kenya–Namibia relations}}

* Kenya has a high commission in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia is accredited to Kenya from its high commission in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Nigeria}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Kenya–Nigeria relations}}

* Kenya has a high commission in [[Abuja]].
* Nigeria has a high commission in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Somalia}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Kenya–Somalia relations}}

Relations between Kenya and Somalia have historically been tense. Agitations over self-determination in the Somali-inhabited [[North Eastern Province (Kenya)|Northern Frontier District]] culminated in the [[Shifta War]] during the 1960s.<ref name="Howard">[[Rhoda E. Howard]], ''Human Rights in Commonwealth Africa'', (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: 1986), p. 95</ref> Although the conflict ended in a cease-fire, Somalis in the region still identify and maintain close ties with their kin in Somalia.<ref name="Godfrey">Godfrey Mwakikagile, ''Kenya: identity of a nation'', (Godfrey Mwakikagile: 2007), p. 79.</ref>

In October 2011, a [[Operation Linda Nchi|coordinated operation]] between the [[Somali Armed Forces|Somali military]] and the [[Kenya Defence Forces|Kenyan military]] began against the [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] group of insurgents in southern Somalia.<ref name="Tssgskfm">{{cite web|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/agriculture/InsidePage.php?id=2000045933&cid=4& |title=Somalia government supports Kenyan forces' mission |publisher=Standardmedia.co.ke |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314153558/http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/agriculture/InsidePage.php?id=2000045933&cid=4& |archive-date=14 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Jointc">[http://www.mfa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=399:joint-communique&catid=35:news Joint Communique – Operation Linda Nchi]</ref> The mission was officially led by the Somali army, with the Kenyan forces providing a support role.<ref name="Jointc"/> In early June 2012, Kenyan troops were formally integrated into [[AMISOM]].<ref name="Gkdmaaaism">{{cite news|title=Kenya: Defense Minister appointed as acting Internal Security Minister |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Kenya_Defense_Minister_appointed_as_acting_Internal_Security_Minister.shtml |access-date=20 June 2012 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130165830/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Kenya_Defense_Minister_appointed_as_acting_Internal_Security_Minister.shtml |archive-date=30 November 2012 }}</ref>
* Kenya is accredited to Somalia from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs based in Nairobi.
* Somalia has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|South Africa}}||12 April 1994 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 April 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=dirco.gov.za}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–South Africa relations}}

* Kenya has a high commission in [[Pretoria]].
* South Africa has a high commission in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Sudan}}||28 January 1965 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 January 1965 when was accredited first ambassador of Sudan to Kenya Sayed Mohammed Mirghani<ref name="ReferenceH"/>{{main|Kenya–Sudan relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Khartoum]].
* Sudan has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Zambia}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Kenya–Zambia relations}}

* Kenya has a high commission in [[Lusaka]].
* Zambia has a high commission in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Kenya–Zimbabwe relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Harare]].
* Zimbabwe has an embassy in Nairobi.
|}

=== Americas ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal relations established
! style="width:50%;" | Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Barbados}}||3 September 2014 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 September 2014<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 September 2014 |title=Barbados Establishing Relations With Kenya |url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/barbados-establishing-relations-with-kenya/ |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=Barbados Government Information Service}}</ref>{{main|Barbados–Kenya relations}}

* During [[Prime Minister of Barbados|Prime Minister's]] [[Mia Mottley|Mottley's]] visit in late 2019 she opened the CARICOM office in [[Nairobi]], Kenya which will be a joint diplomatic mission for Caribbean countries.<ref name="wicnews">{{cite web|url=https://wicnews.com/caribbean/barbados-pm-opens-caricom-office-in-kenya-410524363/|title=Barbados PM opens CARICOM office in Kenya|date=8 December 2019 |publisher=wicnews.com|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||4 July 1967 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 July 1967<ref name="ReferenceA"/>{{main|Brazil–Kenya relations}}

* Brazil has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada}}||5 May 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 May 1964<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019#Beginnings |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}</ref>{{main|Canada–Kenya relations}}

* Canada has a high commission in Nairobi.<ref>[http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/kenya/index.aspx?lang=eng High Commission of Canada in Nairobi (in English and French)]</ref>
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Ottawa]].<ref>[https://kenyahighcommission.ca/ High Commission of Kenya in Ottawa]</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Chile}}||September 1975 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations in September 1975<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hugo Harvey Parada |title=Las relaciones entre Chile e Israel, 1973-1990. La conexión oculta |publisher=El Cid Editor Incorporated |year=2012 |pages=68 |language=es}}</ref>{{main|Chile–Kenya relations}}

* Chile has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Colombia}}||27 January 1975 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 January 1975<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones Bilaterales con República de Kenia |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/en/node/24671 |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |language=es}}</ref>{{Main|Colombia–Kenya relations}}
* Colombia has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Cuba}}||19 October 1995 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 October 1995<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2020 |title=Las relaciones diplomáticas entre los dos países se establecieron el 19 de octubre de 1995 |url=https://www.facebook.com/CubaMINREX/posts/2933668103417358/ |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=Cancillería de Cuba |language=es}}</ref>{{main|Cuba–Kenya relations}}

* Cuba has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Havana]].
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|{{flag|Jamaica}}||19 March 1976||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 March 1976<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=mfaft.gov.jm}}</ref>{{main|Jamaica–Kenya relations}}President [[Uhuru Kenyatta|Kenyatta]] made a state visit in August 2019. He met and held talks with Prime Minister [[Andrew Holness|Holness]].

Kenyatta was the main guest for the celebration of the 57th [[Independence of Jamaica|Independence Day]] Jamaica.<ref name="nation">{{Cite web |date=2020-06-28 |title=Kenya and Jamaica pledge to deepen trade ties |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/kenya-and-jamaica-pledge-to-deepen-trade-ties-192420 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref> Both leaders (Holness and Kenyatta) also launched the celebrations to mark the [[International Decade for People of African Descent]].<ref name="capitalfm">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-08-07 |title=Kenyatta, Jamaican PM mark International Decade for People of African Descent » Capital News |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2019/08/kenyatta-jamaican-pm-mark-international-decade-for-people-of-african-descent/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Capital News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Jamaica is accredited to Kenya from its high commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
* Kenya is accredited to Jamaica from its embassy in Havana, Cuba.
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||15 March 1977 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoy conmemoramos el 46 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Kenya |url=https://twitter.com/SRE_mx/status/1635991585702785025?s=20 |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Relaciones Exteriores |language=es}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Mexico relations}}

* Kenya is represented in Mexico from its embassy in Washington, DC.<ref name="Embassy of Kenya in Washington, DC">[https://kenyaembassydc.org Embassy of Kenya in Washington, D.C.]</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in Nairobi.<ref>[http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/kenia/ Embassy of Mexico in Nairobi (in Spanish)]</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||12 December 1963 ||{{main|Kenya–United States relations}}
After Kenya's independence on 12 December 1963, the United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Nairobi was opened on 12 December 1963<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMXMH6G64VYC&dq=US+and+Kenya+established+diplomatic+relations+on+12+December+1963&pg=PA108 |title=Principal Officers of the Department of State and United States Chiefs of Mission, 1778-1990 |publisher=United States. Department of State, United States. Department of State. Office of the Historian |year=1991 |pages=108 |isbn=9780160268120 |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Washington, DC]] and consulates-general in [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City]].<ref name="Embassy of Kenya in Washington, DC" />
* United States has an embassy in Nairobi.<ref>[https://ke.usembassy.gov Embassy of the United States in Nairobi]</ref>
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|{{flag|Venezuela}}||30 April 1970 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 April 1970<ref>{{Cite web |title=52 años del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas con Kenia |url=https://twitter.com/CancilleriaVE/status/1520410518481252352?s=20 |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Cancillería Venezuela |language=es}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Venezuela relations}}

* Kenya is accredited to Venezuela from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
* Venezuela has an embassy in Nairobi.
|}

=== Asia ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal relations established
! style="width:50%;" | Notes
|-
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|28 May 2004
|''Main Article: [[Azerbaijan–Kenya relations|Azerbaijan-Kenya relations]]''
* Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of  Kenya were established on 28 May 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Azerbaijan and Kenya as of 28 May 2004 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1467477?ln=en |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=digitallibrary.un.org | date=28 May 2004 }}</ref>
* Cooperation between the two countries covers such areas as tourism, science, education, and so on.<ref>{{cite web|last=Azvision.az|title=Kenya keen on cooperation with Azerbaijan|date=2016 |url=https://en.azvision.az/news/45800/kenya-keen-on-cooperation-with-azerbaijan-.html}}</ref>
|- valign="top"

|{{flag|China}}||14 December 1963 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 December 1963<ref name="Kenya"/>{{main|China–Kenya relations}}
Chinese-Kenyan relations date back to 14 December 1963, two days after the formal establishment of [[History of Kenya#Independent Kenya|Kenyan independence]], when China became the fourth country to open an embassy in Nairobi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kenya, China Mark 40-year Diplomatic Ties|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=11 December 2003|access-date=2007-11-06|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/international/82128.htm}}</ref> Military exchange between the two countries has been increasing in the past decade. General Liu Jingsong, commander of the [[Lanzhou Military Region]], led China's first military delegation to Kenya in December 1996; Major General Nick Leshan, commander of the Kenyan air force, paid a return visit in 1997.<ref name="MFPRC">{{cite web|url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg/fzs/gjlb/3014/default.htm|title=Kenya: Bilateral Relations|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|date=12 October 2003|access-date=2007-11-06}}</ref> Kenyan president [[Mwai Kibaki]] visited Beijing in August 2005.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=People's Daily|title=China to promote cooperation with Kenya: Chinese premier|date=19 August 2005|access-date=2007-11-07|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/19/eng20050819_203345.html}}</ref>
* China has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|India}}||14 December 1963 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 December 1963<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_indian-and-foreign-review_1964-01-01_1_6/page/26/mode/1up?q=exchange+diplomatic+representatives |title=Indian and Foreign Review 1964-01-01: Vol 1 Iss 6 |date=January 1964 |publisher=Indian Foreign Review |pages=26}}</ref>{{main|India–Kenya relations}}
* India has a High Commission in Nairobi.
* Kenya has a High Commission in [[New Delhi]].
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|{{INA}}||15 October 1979 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations in {{dts|15 October 1979}}<ref name="indonesia"/>{{main|Indonesia–Kenya relations}}
* Indonesia has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Jakarta]].
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|{{flag|Iran}}||3 October 1971 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1971.<ref name="Iranian Government"/>{{main|Iran–Kenya relations}}
* Iran has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Tehran]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Israel}}||12 December 1963<ref>{{Cite book |last=Steven Carol |title=From Jerusalem to the Lion of Judah and Beyond Israel'S Foreign Policy in East Africa |date=28 April 2012 |publisher=iUniverse |pages=69}}</ref>||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 December 1963 and opened Embassy of Israel in Nairobi. Kenya broken diplomatic relations with Israel on 1 November 1973. Diplomatic relations were re-established on 23 December 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABOUT THE EMBASSY |url=https://kenyaembassyisrael.com/about/ |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Israel}}</ref>{{main|Israel–Kenya relations}}
* Israel has an embassy in Nairobi.<ref>[http://nairobi.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/document.asp?SubjectID=2010&MissionID=44&LanguageID=0&StatusID=0&DocumentID=-1 Israeli embassy in Nairobi]</ref>
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>[http://www.kenyaembassyisrael.org Kenyan embassy in Tel Aviv]</ref>  
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Japan}}||<!--Start Date-->||{{main|Japan–Kenya relations}}

* Japan has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Malaysia}}||1965 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1965<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara - negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=ms |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Malaysia relations}}

* Kenya has a high commission in [[Kuala Lumpur]].
* Malaysia has a high commission in Nairobi.
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|{{flag|Oman}}||4 March 1976 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 March 1976<ref name="ReferenceM"/>{{main|Kenya–Oman relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Muscat]].
* Oman has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Pakistan}}||31 January 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 January 1964 when Mr. K.K.Panni, High Commissioner of Pakistan to Kenya presented his credentials.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>{{main|Kenya–Pakistan relations}}
Relations between Pakistan and Kenya were established in the 1960s, when Pakistan expressed its support for Kenya in obtaining independence from British rule. Ever since, relations between the two nations have been warm; with both countries having had discussed previously in the Pakistan-Kenya Joint Ministerial Commission session which was hosted in Nairobi in 2004, about boosting bilateral trade and economic relations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistantimes.net/2004/07/31/business3.htm |title=Pakistan Times &#124; Business: Pakistan, Kenya to boost Trade, Economic ties |access-date=2009-07-12 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614092352/http://pakistantimes.net/2004/07/31/business3.htm |archive-date=14 June 2011 }}</ref>
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Islamabad]].
* Pakistan has a high commission in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Palestine}}||<!--Date started-->||
Both countries maintain diplomatic relations as the State of Palestine maintains an embassy in Nairobi.<ref>{{cite web|title= Committee of permanent representatives to the UN Environment|publisher=UN Environment Programme|url=https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/30159/CPR%20directorynew.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Philippines}}||20 May 1975 ||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 May 1975<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 4866-4942 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1975 |pages=7}}</ref>

The Philippines and Kenya have forged a historic agreement to strengthen ties between both countries. Under a
Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation(JCBC)<ref>In the full history find out wiki page on [[Foreign relations of the Philippines]]</ref> 
* Kenya is accredited to the Philippines from its embassy in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]].
* The Philippines has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Qatar}}||28 December 2003 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 December 2003.<ref name="العلاقات الثنائية"/>{{main|Kenya–Qatar relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Doha]].
* Qatar has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}||12 May 1969 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 May 1969 when Kenya's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Japheth Kimanzi Ilako, has presented his credentials to King Faisal.<ref name="ReferenceJ"/>{{main|Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations}}
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Riyadh]].<ref>[http://www.kenyaembassyriyadh.com Embassy of Kenya in Riyadh]</ref>
* Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Nairobi.<ref>[http://embassies.mofa.gov.sa/sites/Kenya/EN/Pages/default.aspx Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nairobi (in Arabic and English)]</ref>  
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|South Korea}}||7 February 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 February 1964<ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=154 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–South Korea relations}} 
|- valign="top"

|{{flag|Turkey}}||30 March 1968||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 March 1968<ref>{{Cite book |title=Zeki Kuneralp and the Turkish Foreign Service |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |year=2015 |pages=410}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Turkey relations}}
* [[Kenya]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Kenya">{{cite web |title=Relations between Turkey and Kenya |url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-kenya.en.mfa}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Kenya" />
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$234 million in 2019.<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Kenya" />
*There are direct flights from [[Istanbul]] to [[Nairobi]] since 20 February 2009.<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Kenya" />
|- valign="top"

|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}||5 June 1982 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 June 1982<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Embassy Abu Dhabi 9 June 1982 |url=https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fco/8/4473/n/21 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Arabian Gulf Digital Archives}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–United Arab Emirates relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]] and a consulate-general in [[Dubai]].
* United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Nairobi.
|}

==Europe==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations established
! style="width:50%;"| Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Denmark}}||23 October 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 October 1964 when was accredited first Denmark's ambassador to Kenya Birger Abrahamson<ref name="Kenya Ministry of External Affairs"/>{{main|Denmark-Kenya relations}}

* Denmark has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya is accredited to Denmark from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Finland}}||14 June 1965 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 June 1965<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finland and Kenya |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/ken/finland-and-kenya#:~:text=Finland%20recognised%20Kenya%20on%2013,established%20on%2014%20June%201965. |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=finlandabroad.fi}}</ref>{{main|Finland–Kenya relations}}

* Finland has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|France}}||12 December 1963 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 December 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et charges d'affaires de France a l'etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr |page=71 |language=fr}}</ref>{{main|France–Kenya relations}}

* France has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Paris]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Germany}}||18 December 1963 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 December 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenia: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/kenia-node/kenia/208042?view= |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>{{main|Germany–Kenya relations}}

* Germany has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Berlin]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Greece}}||8 December 1966 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 December 1966 when accredited first ambassador of Greece to Kenya with residence in Nairobi Mr. George C. Papadopoulos.<ref name="Kenya. Protocol Office"/>{{main|Greece-Kenya relations}}
* Greece has an embassy in [[Nairobi]] and an honorary consulate in [[Mombasa]].
* Kenya is accredited to Greece from its embassy in Rome, Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Athens]].
[http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/Kenya/  Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Kenya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323011214/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/Kenya/ |date=23 March 2009 }}
<br />[http://www.kenyagreece.com Consulate of the Republic of Kenya in Hellenic Republic]
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Italy}}||<!--Start Date--> ||{{main|Italy–Kenya relations}}

* Italy has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Rome]]. 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Netherlands}}||3 February 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 February 1964 when Mr. W. P. L. G. de Boer, the first Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kenya presented his credentials.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1964 |pages=29}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Netherlands relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[The Hague]].
* Netherlands has an embassy in Nairobi. 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Norway}}||22 February 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 February 1964<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Norway relations}}

* Kenya is accredited to Norway from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
* Norway has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Poland}}||13 December 1963||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 December 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenia |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/kenia/kenia |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=gov.pl |language=pl}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Poland relations}}

* Kenya is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
* Poland has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{POR}}||10 January 1977 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 January 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quénia |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/quenia |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt |language=pt}}</ref>
* Kenya is accredited to Portugal from its embassy in Paris, France.
* Portugal has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Russia}}||14 December 1963 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 December 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya-Russia to enhance parliamentary diplomacy - Wetang'ula |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-11-30-kenya-russia-to-enhance-parliamentary-diplomacy-wetangula/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=the-star.co.ke}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Russia relations}}

* Russia has an embassy in Nairobi.
* Kenya has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Spain}}||27 April 1967 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1967<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |page=307 |language=es}}</ref>{{main|Kenya-Spain relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Madrid]].
* Spain has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Sweden}}||January 1964<ref name=":10" />||Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1964<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya |url=https://www.regeringen.se/sveriges-regering/utrikesdepartementet/sveriges-forbindelser-med-omvarlden/afrika/kenya/ |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=regeringen.se |date=17 December 2014 |language=sv}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Sweden relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden has an embassy in Nairobi.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Switzerland}}||28 February 1964 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 February 1964 when appointed first Ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya (resident in Addis Ababa) Mr. Roger Dürr<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ambassade de Suisse à Nairobi (1964...) |url=https://dodis.ch/R6480?p=0&dad=0&dau=0&dm=2&o=0&dc=0 |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=fr}}</ref>{{main|Kenya–Switzerland relations}}

* Kenya has an embassy in [[Bern]].
* Switzerland has an embassy in Nairobi
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|United Kingdom}} || 1963 || {{main|Kenya–United Kingdom relations}}
[[File:Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends UNGA (54021845925).jpg|thumb|right|[[President of Kenya|Kenyan President]] [[William Ruto]] with [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Keir Starmer]] at a [[Seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly|United Nations General Assembly]] in [[New York City]], September 2024.]]
Kenya established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] in 1963.<ref name="britain">{{cite thesis |last=Kamau |first=Michael Mubea |title=Kenya and Britain Diplomatic Relations, 1963 To 2017 |accessdate=16 October 2025 |type=Master's thesis |url=https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/server/api/core/bitstreams/58df6e4e-f8cc-40dd-95e7-37792d1b509f/content |year=2018 |institution=Kenyatta University}}</ref>
*Kenya maintains a high commission in [[London]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|author=Diplomat Magazine|date=7 November 2019|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/kenya/|title=Kenya|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=16 October 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250718071020/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/kenya/|archive-date=18 July 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Kenya through its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in Nairobi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-nairobi|title=British High Commission Nairobi|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=26 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515094802/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-nairobi|archive-date=15 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[Kenya Colony|Kenya]] from 1895 to 1963, when it achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], the [[World Health Organization]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have an [[Economic Partnership Agreements|Economic Partnership Agreement]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Miriri|first=Duncan|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-britain-trade/kenya-agrees-new-trade-deal-with-britain-to-safeguard-investments-idUKKBN27J1S6/|title=Kenya agrees new trade deal with Britain to safeguard investments|website=Reuters|date=3 November 2020|access-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101005456/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-britain-trade/kenya-agrees-new-trade-deal-with-britain-to-safeguard-investments-idUKKBN27J1S6/|archive-date=1 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> a Defence Cooperation Agreement,<ref>{{cite news|last=Kariuki|first=Patrick|url=https://kenyanforeignpolicy.com/inside-the-defence-agreement-between-kenya-and-uk/|title=Inside the Defence Agreement between Kenya and UK|website=Kenyan Foreign Policy|date=30 June 2023|access-date=26 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630153721/https://kenyanforeignpolicy.com/inside-the-defence-agreement-between-kenya-and-uk/|archive-date=30 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> a Development Partnership,<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office]]|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|title=Country and regional development partnership summaries|website=GOV.UK|date=17 July 2023 |access-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526234739/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|archive-date=26 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> a Double Taxation Agreement,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|author=[[HM Revenue and Customs]]|date=27 December 2013|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kenya-tax-treaties|title=Kenya: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=16 October 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731205411/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kenya-tax-treaties|archive-date=31 July 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> and an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2225/kenya---united-kingdom-bit-1999-|title=Kenya - United Kingdom BIT (1999)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=26 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627232426/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2225/kenya---united-kingdom-bit-1999-|archive-date=27 June 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1895, Britain established the [[East Africa Protectorate]] (British East Africa), centred in present-day Kenya and the larger [[African Great Lakes]] region. Four years later, the British founded the settlement of [[Nairobi]] as a simple rail depot on the railway linking [[Mombasa]] to Uganda.<ref name="Greenway">Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p. 163.</ref> The town quickly grew to become the capital of [[British East Africa]] in 1905, with Lieutenant Colonel J. Hayes Sadler as the first governor and commander in chief.

In 1920, the East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a [[British crown colony]], the [[Kenya Colony]]. In 1952, [[Elizabeth II]], ascended the throne while visiting Kenya on her and the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]]'s tour of the [[British Empire]] and Commonwealth. Two years later, Britain founded the [[Nairobi Securities Exchange]] as a voluntary association of stockbrokers in the European community registered under the Societies Act.
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==Oceania==

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|{{flag|Australia}}||23 August 1965 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 August 1965<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207791250/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1250712477&partId=nla.obj-1207869272#page/n55/mode/1up |title=Appointment of High Commissioner for Australia in Kenya and Uganda |publisher=Current notes on international affairs.Vol. 36 No. 8 (August 1965). |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>{{main|Australia–Kenya relations}}

* Australia has a high commission in Nairobi.
* Kenya has a high commission in [[Canberra]].
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==Kenya and the Commonwealth of Nations==
Kenya has been a member state of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] since 1963, when it became independent. The nation became a [[republic in the Commonwealth of Nations]] in 1964.

Kenya is also a member of the UN and hosts the UN Office in Nairobi, which is the UN Headquarters in Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unon.org/|title=Welcome to the United Nations Office at Nairobi {{!}} The United Nations Office at Nairobi|website=unon.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225211039/http://www.unon.org/|archive-date=25 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The office was established in 1996.

== International trips made by presidents of Kenya ==

=== Uhuru Kenyatta ===
{{Further information|List of international presidential trips made by Uhuru Kenyatta}}
[[File:Map_showing_countries_President_Uhuru_Kenyatta_of_Kenya_has_visited.svg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Countries visited by Kenyatta during his presidency 2013-2022]][[Uhuru Kenyatta]] made a 119 International trips to 52 countries during his presidency. The president served two full 5-year terms and made more international official visits than any of his predecessors. Kenyatta mainly made a majority of his visits within Africa and also attended various business forums and multi-lateral international events around the world. {{clear}}

=== William Ruto===
{{Further information|List of international presidential trips made by William Ruto}}
[[File:Map showing countries President William Ruto has visited as president.svg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Countries visited by William Ruto during his presidency]][[William Ruto]] made his first international trip in September 2022 since he began his presidency on 13 September 2022.{{clear}}

==See also==
*[[List of diplomatic missions of Kenya]]
*[[List of diplomatic missions in Kenya]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mfa.go.ke/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
*[https://www.un.int/kenya Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations]

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