Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Kenya | Ambassador: @HenkJanBakker3
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined April 2015
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#NLandKenya, working together for sustainable solutions🌍
The coming four years, NL will work towards even stronger ties with Kenya 🇳🇱🤝🇰🇪
We'll focus on:
📈Promoting sustainable economic growth
💪Strengthening stability and resilience
🗣️Leaving No One Behind
This week in Naivasha, the Netherlands Embassy together with Partner Africa and the Akili Green team, brought Dutch businesses in Kenya’s floriculture & horticulture sectors together to focus on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC). Link to the handbook👇
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Mambo,
I am Daan Muiwijk and I just moved to Nairobi. I started here as a working student for Defensity College assisting the Defat at the embassy while also writing my thesis about the centralization of procurement for my studies in business administration. Asante!
𝑬𝒍 𝑵𝒊𝒏̃𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒊
Yesterday, the Embassy hosted key stakeholders for a 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 (𝐄𝐖𝐒).
Last Thursday, in honor of SDG Action Day, our Ambassador raised the SDG flag to underline our commitment for Agenda 2030 and recognize the urgency of implementation towards 2030!
Last week our new First Secretary Trade & Investment Mark Sarfo met Principal Secretary Trade Ms. Regina Ombam. Read more 👉 linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
🧳Traveling to the #Netherlands?
#Visa applications and appointment requests are submitted at @VFSGlobal
⏲️Processing time can take up to 25 working days.
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HUMANS OF THE EMBASSY
Meet our Honorary Consul in Mombasa, Debbie Thys.
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Today is World Cleanup Day 2026! By cutting down on food waste, World Cleanup Day advances efforts tied to the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the shift toward circular, resilient urban food systems. How is your organization marking World Cleanup Day 2026?
HUMANS OF THE EMBASSY || Mark Sarfo
I coordinate the Trade and Investment team working on improving the business climate of Kenya 🇰🇪, for the benefit of Dutch companies and other interesting projects related to the EU’s Global Gateway.
Read more here 👇
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Today in the Netherlands, it is Prinsjesdag, which is the third Tuesday in September, when the King delivers the Speech from the Throne and the Minister of Finance presents the Budget Memorandum and the national budget to the House of Representatives. bit.ly/4xV67cF
As we observe and celebrate the #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we reaffirm our shared global commitment to promoting a rule based International Legal Order as a cornerstone of democracy in Kenya and the Netherlands. youtu.be/9Ckr3NkMnS4?si=Dn2p…
At @UNEP ASC-13 in Nairobi, the Netherlands joined global partners to turn climate and environmental policy into concrete action for people worldwide.
Last week, on 3 September 2026, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands convened a private roundtable in Nairobi to explore practical financing pathways for landscape restoration in the Lake Naivasha Catchment.
The Netherlands joins Kenya today in marking the 16th Katiba (Constitution) Day celebrating its progressive 2010 Constitution and the safeguards it provides to institutions of governance, Bill of Rights and the Devolved system of government amongst many notable gains. #KatibaDay
Join us at World Water Week 2026! 💧🌍
From August 23-27, the Government of the Netherlands will be actively participating in hashtag #WorldWaterWeek, focused on water for people and progress.
Netherlands Embassy in Kenya retweeted
As Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day, we recognise the courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people. Their determination to live free from oppression and shape their own future remains unwavering.
To our Ukrainian friends, I say: the Netherlands stands firmly with you.⬇️
Hon Chief Justice Lady Justice Martha Koome and Netherlands Ambassador Henk Jan Bakker presided over the launch of a renewed Kenya-Netherlands Judiciary and the Justice sector partnership.
Ambassador Bakker held a courtesy meeting with Gillian Rodgers, IFC Country Officer for Kenya, to exchange views on Kenya’s economic outlook.
EKN Ambassador hands over Kenya’s 2025 PUM Impact Award to FarmBase Feeds founder Pamela Wawira Nthiga. Congratulations to the entire team!
3 out of 5 most dangerous countries for humanitarian workers are in our region (DRC, South-Sudan and Sudan). This is unacceptable. NL stands with humanitarian workers, everywhere ##ActForHumanity #NotATarget @UNOCHA_ROSEA
