In Summary
• President Uhuru Kenyatta last month announced plans to roll out an eight-point Economic Stimulus Programme, to resuscitate the economy from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
• The programme intends to cushion vulnerable groups in informal settlements whose livelihoods were shuttered rendering some families destitute after losing their source of income.
Beatrice Atieno carries young Caroline Anyango during a protest by activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas outside Supreme Court on June 15, 2020. The women want the government to classify them as a vulnerable group and factor them in the 'stimulus packages' programme.
Activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas who wash clothes for a living protest in Nairobi CBD on June 15, 2020.
Waithera Wanjiru, an activist, addresses journalists during a protest by activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas who wash clothes for a living at Freedom Corner, Nairobi.
Activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas during a protest outside the Supreme Court.
Activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas during a protest outside the Supreme Court.
Activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas during a protest outside the Supreme Court.
Activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas during a protest outside the Supreme Court.
Activists and women working in the informal sector drawn from slum areas during a protest outside the Supreme Court.