NAIROBI, Kenya
Kenya’s battle against the novel coronavirus received a boost Tuesday when its emergency fund to fight the pandemic received millions of dollars seized in anti-graft operations.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions donated 2 billion Kenyan shillings (around $19 million) to the country’s coronavirus emergency fund.
Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji handed Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani the check, which he noted came from money that his office had seized from corrupt dealings in the past two years.
“We had some funds jointly as the multi-agency task force that works on corruption that we
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