Definition Foreign aid is the assistance given to countries by others to support their social, political, and economic development. This aid may be in terms of money, expertise, or tangible goods like food or medical equipment. Countries that experience conflicts for a very long time do not have stable economies; therefore, they lack adequate funds to finance their projects. This motivates them to ask for assistance from other countries. In addition, countries that experience natural calamities like droughts, floods, or disease outbreaks may request for foreign aid to ensure they have enough resources to manage their predicaments. Kenya is a good case study that has relied on foreign aid for many years. This paper examines the effects of war and peace on foreign aid in Kenya. Peace and War on the Distribution of Foreign Aid Kenya has enjoyed relative peace for some time, even though this trend was disrupted by the chaos witnessed after the 2007/2008 general elections where the presidential results were disputed (Gettleman 2007). The incumbent political leaders recaptured their positions as the opposition took to the streets with its supporters to protest the outcome of the presidential elections. War broke out and it is estimated that more than 1,100 people died and a lot of property destroyed (Gettleman 2007). This shows the negative impacts of war on developing nations. America, Canada, France, Japan, and China offer foreign aid to Kenya. However, the war made America and France reduce their funding on Kenya’s education sector and this hampered the free primary school education program founded by the then ruling government. Parents continue to struggle with their children because of a lack of school fees to take them to good schools. Moreover, other projects like road construction, rural electrification, and free medical services to children under five years have not met their targets because of inadequate funds due to the withdrawal of these nations in supporting Kenya’s economy. In addition, most women’s empowerment programs that were funded through USAID collapsed because the donors stopped supporting them. Kenya established community-based approaches to ensure peace and stability were restored after the elections. People have realized the need for peace and reconciliation even though this has taken longer than it was expected. There has been peace since the chaos of 2007/2008 and this has motivated other nations to reconsider their decisions about withdrawing their foreign aid to Kenya. America became the first country to send its security troops to help Kenya in investigating the terror attack that happened in September 2013 in the Westgate Mall, one of Kenya’s up-market shopping center. In addition, the Netherlands has partnered with Kenya in promoting farming activities to ensure farmers use modern technology in producing their products. China has volunteered to offer foreign aid to Kenya to ensure communities located in arid and semi-arid regions are offered school feeding programs that encourage their children to go to school and at the same time have food to eat. The expansion of the existing railway network in Kenya has been supported by aid from China and Japan that are interested in seeing that this