Embu Assembly allocates Sh22 million to boost fight against Covid-19

A special sitting of the County Assembly of Embu which passed the supplementary budget for 2019/2020 financial year. [Joseph Muchiri/ Standard]

The County Assembly has allocated Sh22 million to Governor Martin Wambora’s emergency kitty to fight Covid-19.

MCAs temporarily broke their recess to reconvene and pass the first Supplementary Budget for the financial year 2019/2020, which made the allocation in a contingency plan aimed at protecting locals from the infectious disease.