President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to address the nation later
today on new measures regarding the corona virus pandemic that is slowly fading
away.
The virus spread in the country has reduced with key sector
of the economy being slowly reopened.
Unlike before, politicians have started traversing the
country thus attracting large crowds, an indication that public gathering is
not an issue anymore.
Restaurants and other key sectors of the economy including
transport sector have also been reopened.
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With this is mind, Kenyans are expecting that President
Uhuru Kenyatta will issue new directives on the following measures previously
put by the government:
Lifting of 9pm to 4am
curfew
A section of Kenyans online are hopeful that the President
will announce the end of the 9pm to 5am curfew that has been on for several
months now. Some of the sectors affected by this include transport where night
travel is no longer happening.
Re-opening of schools
As the Head of State, Kenyans are expecting the president to issue an official announcement on the exact school opening date since teachers have already reported back to work.
Re-opening of bars
Towards the end of July, the president banned the sale of
alcohol in the country, and many are hopeful that he will issue an announcement
on the re-opening protocol for bars.
Announcement on music
concerts and public gatherings
Artists are hopeful that today’s announcement will have a
return to work formula for them since politicians are already having public events
attended by thousands of people. Concerts were banned in March after the first
corona cases were confirmed in the country.
Economic stimulus to
kick-start the economy
Many Kenyans are hoping that the economic stimulus package
announced by the president sometime back including reduction of PAYE and other
taxes will remain in effect until such a time when things resume back to
normal.