This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s move to set up a private sector-led Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund late last month to mobilise resources for an emergency response towards containing the spread, effects and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jane Karuku led team has since received cash donation and in-kind support from various firms in the country led by Cooperative Bank which last week donated Sh100 million. The council donated food items worth Sh100 million. Although not listed as a contributor on the Fund’s website, Devki Steel Mills last week pledged to donate Sh100 million worth of oxygen to public hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the private sector leaders sitting on the board include KQ chairman Micheal Joseph, Equity Group CEO James Mwangi, Narendra Raval, KCB CEO Joshua Oigara and Absa Bank Kenya PLC MD Jeremy Awori.

Source: The Star April 13, 2020 00:56 UTC