Page 48 - The Presidency may 2020

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

Coast Governors Joho, Mvuria and Kingi attended the event

I have spoken to most of our
development partners and
found a positive response. In
the next week or two, billions
of shillings will be added to
our initiatives to offer direct
relief to Kenyans. I thank
them for their solidarity and
willingness to listen and re-
spond to our proposals.

I would also like to express
my heartfelt thanks to the
National Assembly for rising
to the challenge and seeing
the merit to approve the tax
measures my Administration
proposed. Thanks to our leg-
islators, we will now (i) en-
sure that employees have
more of their earnings availa-
ble to them to spend; and (ii)
reduce the corporate tax bur-
den as an incentive to the
As this programme is rolled out from this Wednesday, business enterprises. I ex-
Phase Two will be getting prepared. Its scale will be pect these measures to complement other measures
much greater, and its areas of focus will be nation- the Government has taken, to minimise the negative
wide. impact of the coronavirus on the economy and on the
welfare of the mwananchi.
Additionally, there are already aspects of the post-
coronavirus economic recovery plan that we are pro- I want to specially recognise and thank how active
gressively rolling out. My Administration shall activate community groups are in responding to the needs of
micro, small and medium enterprises across the coun- their fellow citizens.
try to manufacture basic medical equipment and sup- To the members of Shining Hope for Communities;
plies for domestic use and export.
Sikh and Hindu Communities, Green Card Mtaani;
This initiative shall be nested under the Universal Ghetto Classics; Torch Women; Women in Business;
Health Coverage (UHC) agenda and will utilise 5 Bil- and Kibra Community, thank you for the efforts you are
lion Kenya Shillings. The Jua-Kali Sector shall take making.
centre-stage in production, while leveraging our Tech- We are not GOING TO BE IN THIS SITUATION FOR-
nical Vocational Education Training Centres and the EVER. There will come a day, in the not distant future
Constituency Industrial Development Centres.
when we will have overcome the threat of this pan-
I direct the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Indus- demic. By being DISCIPLINED, PATRIOTIC and EM-
try, and Trade to expedite the roll out of the initiative. PATHIC, we will achieve VICTORY.

Our victory will come from a whole-of-society approach As I have stated, we are guided by medical expertise
to fighting this coronavirus. This includes our acts of and science on how to escalate and de-escalate our
solidarity with others, as individuals, as institutions, response to this pandemic. We are now in the middle
and as a country. of a war being fought in every street, homestead and
building in the country.

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