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President Uhuru Kenyatta in his 7th presidential address to the nation on Saturday 23rd May 2020, announced KSh 53.7 billion economic stimulus programme that will be injected in the Kenyan economy to address challenges caused by COVID-19.

President Kenyatta announced the 8 point economic stimulus programme as follows:

1. KSh 6.58billion allocated to the Ministry of Education to hire teachers and ICT interns to support digital learning programmes.                           

2. KSh 10 billion to fast-track payment of pending bills.

United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Sanda Ojiambo as the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. Ms. Ojiambo has served as the Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact at Safaricom Plc since 2010. She was also the Senior Manager of Safaricom and MPESA Foundations from 2008 to 2010 which led to the implementation of several public-private partnership initiatives between Safaricom and UN organizations.

Police on Friday teargassed crowds trying to force their way into Eastleigh. The people were reportedly caught up with at Mlango Kubwa, an estate that borders Eastleigh.They were going to the business area to look for menial jobs while others were going to hawk their goods. But Eastleigh has been on partial lockdown for over 15 days now after it was identified as a coronavirus hotspot.

Kenya on Friday recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases bringing the national tally to 1,161. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said 2,567 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The Health minister, in his daily briefing, said Nairobi accounted for 23 of the new cases, Mombasa and Busia counties seven each. Kenya, which confirmed its first case of the virus on March 13, had tested a total of 55, 074 samples from different parts of the county by May 22.

On May 22, the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter donated 40,000 facemasks to the Border Police Unit (BPU) to help the BPU maintain a healthy and effective force during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The size of the donation, made possible through funding by the Department of State’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program, equips the BPU to protect all of their personnel with facemasks as they secure Kenya’s borders, and will enable officers to distribute facemasks to Kenyans they meet on their patrols who do not have one.

China Road and Bridge Corporation will construct the Likoni floating bridge in Mombasa at Sh1.5 billion. A contract has been signed between CRBC and Kenya National Highways Authority according to a May 5 statement on the Chinese firm’s website. The bridge will reduce congestion at the crossing channel, allowing Likoni residents to access the Mombasa Island and vice versa.

Police in Kirinyaga have arrested a university student for allegedly posting defamatory statement on Facebook against area Governor Anne Waiguru. County top detective Bernard Korir said the blogger was picked up on Thursday morning (May 21) from his Kerugoya home and is being held at the local police station.

YouTube on Wednesday 20th May 2020, announced a new bedtime reminders feature to help even the most dedicated of extremely online types log off late at night.

Equity has restructured Sh92 billion loans, equivalent to about 25 per cent of its net loans at the end of last year, as the lender seeks to cushion customers who have been hit by the coronavirus crisis. The relief, which is being determined on a case-by-case basis, also includes extension of loan terms to cut monthly instalments and repayment breaks on the full or part of the credit.

A Laikipia man was on Thursday sentenced to five years in prison for being in possession of an elephant tusk worth Sh400,000. The convict, Hillary Biwot Lagat, 26, was found guilty of being in possession of the game trophy in 2018. The court did not give him an option of fine. During his trial, the court heard that he was found with the tusk on October 19, 2010 on the Sipili-Kinamba without a permit.