President Uhuru Kenyatta has hinted at lifting the nationwide curfew very soon.
The daily, dusk-to-dawn curfew has persisted for almost two years as part of measures aimed at taming the spread of COVID-19.
Addressing residents at Karatina on his way to Kirinyaga, Kenyatta said the curfew has helped Kenyans go home early and multiply.
“In the days to come, we will look at it, I’m working, and very soon, you will hear it, I do not want to speak too early but very soon,”he said.
Kenyatta was responding to Karatina residents who were complaing that the curfew has made life difficult.
However, Kenyatta urged residents to continue following Ministry of Health’s protocols to curb the spread of Covid-19 that is killing millions of people.
”You need to also protect yourself from the disease, so that when we re-open there are no more deaths, and you will be free to live as you want,”he added.
The Health Ministry had announced that the re-opening of the country was dependent on vaccination numbers.
According to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, the ministry was targeting to vaccinate 5.8 million people by Mashujaa Day, however, it will not reach it’s target.
By yesterday, a total of 4,520,753 vaccines had so far been administered in the country.
Out of these, 3,303,782 have been partially vaccinated while 1,216,971 have been fully vaccinated.
The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose is 35.3 per cent.
The proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 4.5 per cent as the government works towards vaccinating 27, 246,033.