Economics
Kenya Directs Stimulus to Local Contractors to Ease Virus Pain
- President Kenyatta gives details of $503 million stimulus plan
- Government to buy locally made cars, provide temporary jobs
Workers push trolley beds into position at a field hospital near Nairobi.
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Awarding deals to local contractors and creating temporary jobs will be central to Kenya’s plan to stimulate an economy battered by the coronavirus.