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Interventions good, but ensure the needy benefit

The government has set out to alleviate the suffering visited upon the vulnerable by the novel coronavirus. The establishment of the Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund, and the response it has received from companies and individual well-wishers is encouraging.

The Central Bank of Kenya gave a donation of Sh7.4 billion to fight Covid-19. President Uhuru Kenyatta later directed that Sh2 billion recovered from proceeds of corruption be channeled towards fighting coronavirus. The Senate donated Sh200 million from its kitty for the same cause.

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