Through the President’s stimulus package, government plans to hire 200,000 youth to clean towns, 10,000 teachers and 5,000 health workers. PRIORITISE ECONOMYSmall and medium enterprises received Sh10 billion of the stimulus package, and Sh1.7 billion was allocated for the expansion of bed capacity in public hospitals. Budget and Appropriation Committee chaired by Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa has already met with the Treasury CS twice on the stimulus package and approved most of the allocations. Mr Mbadi confirmed the committee has already approved the stimulus package and will be tabling a report next week. The budget committee, however, told CS Yatani that the Sh53 billion package is not sufficient to protect the economy.

Source: Daily Nation May 31, 2020 06:56 UTC