State issues regulations for crisis fund on Covid-19

Public health officials from Naivasha check temperatures of passengers on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway as part of measures meant to contain the spread of Covid-19. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has published regulations to govern collection and spending of Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund as the government rushes to mobilise resources to fight the pandemic.

The publication of the Public Finance Management (Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund) Regulations, 2020, yesterday comes barely a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta directed the Treasury to establish the fund.