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The President’s Digest May 2020 Surmounting CV-19 Challenge

President’s video-conference task force meeting to raise CV-19 funds

President Uhuru Kenyatta during the virtual teleconferencing session

President Uhuru Kenyatta chaired the first meeting of ―Thank you for agreeing to work together throughout
the board that was created to marshal funds for com- this time as we seek to find solutions on how to cush-
bating the Coronavirus disease. ion the vulnerable in our country as well as deal with
the future,‖ the President said.
The team led by East African Breweries Managing Di-
rector Jane Karuku was put together by the President Ms Karuku assured the Head of State of her team's
to rally Kenyans together in raising resources that will commitment to the task ahead of them saying they will
support Government efforts to mitigate the effects of work hard to deliver on their mandate.
the disease. ―We will work closely to ensure that we achieve the
President Kenyatta chaired the meeting through video- mandate that this fund has been created for. We will
conference where he assured the taskforce that com- pool our brains and resources to ensure every Kenyan
prises of private sector captains of industry and senior is cushioned,‖ Ms Karuku said.
state officials of his full support.

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