{"id":5469,"date":"2020-04-04T14:52:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T14:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=5469"},"modified":"2020-04-04T14:52:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T14:52:26","slug":"im-not-tending-cabbages-uhuru-and-i-are-drawing-coronavirus-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/im-not-tending-cabbages-uhuru-and-i-are-drawing-coronavirus-plan","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m not tending cabbages, Uhuru and I are drawing coronavirus plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Deputy President William Ruto has broken his silence on the coronavirus pandemic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a tweet on Friday, he said President Uhuru Kenyatta and him are working on practical strategies to deal with Covid-19.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;All options are on our cards,&#8221; he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He downplayed a previous picture of him in a garden, saying he is &#8220;not tending Sugoi cabbages&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kenyan politicians have been criticised for being too quiet on the pandemic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Deputy President has also been missing when President Uhuru gave updates to the nation on the state of the virus in Kenya.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As cases rise, it is uncertain what further measures will be put in place.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina on Friday said the country will locally produce 60 million masks as citizens are urged to wear the masks regularly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They will retail at Sh20, the CS added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Deputy President Ruto said there should be no panic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kenyans are anxious there may be a looming lockdown as confirmed cases and deaths rise.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By April 3, 2020, some 122 cases had been confirmed in Kenya and the death toll hitting four.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The latest casualty was a six-year-old boy who died at the Kenyatta National Hospital.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Health CAS Dr Mercy Mwangangi said the boy, however, had underlying health problems.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In his tweet, Ruto went on, &#8220;There should be no panic. We will pull through.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He urged Kenyans to comply with the advisories as reviewed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, Kenya\u2019s fight against\u00a0coronavirus pandemic\u00a0got a major boost after the World Bank approved emergency funding of Sh5 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The funds, said the World Bank in a press statement, will enhance the country\u2019s capacity to manage Covid-19 crisis. It will cover costs related to tests, quarantine, isolation and treat people affected by the deadly virus that has so far claimed three lives in Kenya.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Other areas to be financed by the kitty include medical waste disposal, risk communications and community engagement, as well as strengthening the country\u2019s capacity to provide safe blood.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis facility will assist Kenya in its efforts to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness,\u201d said Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, the World Bank Country Director for Kenya.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Deputy President William Ruto has broken his silence on the coronavirus pandemic. In a tweet on Friday, he said President Uhuru Kenyatta and him are working on practical strategies to deal with Covid-19. &#8220;All options are on our cards,&#8221; he added. 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