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Are Covid-19 emergency funds reaching the intended beneficiaries?

DPP Noordin Haji (R) deputy DPP Dorcas Odour (second right) and EACC boss Twalib Mbarak (second left) present a dummy cheque to National Treasury CS Ukur Yattani (L) at Treasury Building in Nairobi on April 7, 2020. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Both national and county governments have worked to ensure emergency funds reach the intended.

We have seen the government identifying the most vulnerable in the society and mapping out those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Allocation of funds has also been done and supply of basic commodities to the vulnerable launched in various parts of the country. With the Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund board in place and having promised to publicise contributions and expenditure regularly, I am sure that funds are being well utilised.

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