Kafrican n yet their pipeline n railway went to Port Djibouti in disguise of LAPSSET from supposed a buddy! We heard the same rhetorics in ur media with Uganda's pipeline, ati Kenya n Uganda r brothers n therefore Uganda can not dump Lamu n go for Tanga!
I was speaking about chemistry on a personal level btn ethiopian and Kenyans presidents, you dont see that with anyone esle.....Kenya-Uganda friendlines is between citizens themselves..... anyway this was posted yesterday. the pipeline and rail is going forward with or without Djibouti progects,... Ethiopia is too ambitious to be satisfied by one project. thats why most of us always see Ethiopia as the real threat to Kenyas dominance.
Ethiopia-Kenya pipeline plan on
And BTW, there are other bigger things than a pipeline, there have been 4 presidents in kenya and many in ethiopia and in each presidential term, ethiopia and kenya presidents together with their respective perliaments have renewed the defence pact irrispective of political temperetures- to help each other in times of war
And as for your question about kenya helping ethiopia, here is one proof, from ethiopia embassy in UK website
Spirit of Good Neighbourliness: The Case of Ethiopia-Kenya Relations
BY WUHIB MELUNEH
Vol.1, Issue 7
I often travel to Kenya to spend my holidays. I consider Kenya as my second home. Once one is in Kenya and meets the people and says 'Jambo' (hello in K-Swahili ) and introduces oneself as an Ethiopian, the impromptu reply is 'our brothers, Karibu' (welcome in K-Swahili). This positive attitude towards one another has deep historical ties.
During fascist Mussolini's occupation of Ethiopia (1936-1941)
Ethiopian exiles in Kenya were given all the support they needed during those difficult days. The Ethiopian Patriotic Forces (EPF) were able to operate across the common border
and gave the occupying Mussolini's force no hiding places. Some members of the EPF who are alive and kicking today vividly remember the support they used to get from Ethiopians who settled in Kenya and their Kenyan brothers and sisters. One of them is my relative who is now 107 years old. He was a member of Ras Abebe Aregay's group that waged an armed struggle against Mussolini’s forces from the hills in Menze, Jiru, Merabete and Selale in Northern Shewa. He bitterly recalls how Eritreans sided with Mussolini's fascist forces and fought against Ethiopia as cannon fodder and informers, collecting information on the activities and movements of the EPF by virtue of their speaking Amharic and Italian. He also recalls that over 40% of the Italian army who fought against Ethiopia at the battle of Adwa were Eritreans but at the end were routed by Menelik's gallant forces.
On the other hand,
he clearly remembers how his Kenyan brothers and sisters co-operated with the Ethiopian exiles in Kenya and that the EPF were able to secure medical and other supplies from Kenya via the corridors following camel routes through Bale, Arsi, Afar area, Yifat, Bulga and Tegulet to their military base at Ankober in north eastern Shewa. He still expresses an open gratitude to the Ethiopian exiles then and to the Kenyan brothers and sisters.
During the Mau Mau liberation struggle for Kenya’s independence, Kenyan freedom fighters enjoyed the best of hospitality and assistance from Ethiopians as well. They were able to comfortably operate from Ethiopian territory across the common border. When Kenya became independent in 1963, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's First president, thanked the Ethiopian people for their unflinching support. The personal friendship between President Kenyatta and Emperor Haile Selassie further cemented the already existing ties and both countries embarked upon joint co-operation in the areas that would benefit their two peoples. They worked closely, for example, with other African leaders, towards the realisation of the Organisation of African Unity's (OAU) Charter principles of ‘non interference in the internal affairs of member states.’
With regard to their two countries, both Kenyatta and Haile Selassie gave priority to the status of their common border. They established a Joint Ministerial Commission headed by their respective Foreign Ministers and a Joint Commission of border administrators to review the demarcation of the boundary line that was carried out in 1950 - 1955 while Kenya was still under British rule.
The Ethiopia-Kenya boundary was initially defined and agreed upon by Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia in 1907 and by Britain (the colonial power in Kenya). The 1907 Treaty was used as a legal base for the detailed boundary description of 1947. The 1947 Exchange of Note abrogated the 1907 treaty and the 1950-55 demarcation was carried out on the basis of this exchange of note. The Joint Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee that Emperor Haile Selassie and President Kenyatta created reviewed the demarcation work, the boundary description and the boundary map to the scale of 1:50,000, produced by the Joint Boundary Commission and recommended to their respective Heads of state that the demarcated boundary line be accepted. The two heads of state endorsed the findings of the consultative committee and signed a treaty in Mombasa, Kenya, on 9th June, 1972; a treaty that abrogated all previous ones that were relevant to the Ethiopia-Kenya boundary. Since 1972, both countries embarked upon joint development programmes in road construction, commerce and trade and other areas that would benefit their two peoples.
A spirit of good neighbourliness guided by the OAU Charter principles and based on mutual respect and understanding could only benefit the peoples of both countries. Ethiopia-Kenya relations and co-operation in all areas of mutual interest are examples worthy of emulation by all OAU member countries in general and Eritrea in particular. Africa’s solution to Africa’s problems must be the guiding principle.
Spirit of Good Neighbourliness: The Case of Ethiopia-Kenya Relations, Jan 99'
