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Kenya Red Cross, ICRC donate to Kenya Prisons

They donated goods worth Sh6 million at Prisons Headquarters, Nairobi

In Summary

• The items will help in the prevention and spread of Covid-19 in the prisons

Society
20 April 2020 - 22:00
ICRC head of regional delegation Olivier Dubois donates items to Kenya Prison Service commissioner general Wycliffe Ogallo
ICRC head of regional delegation Olivier Dubois donates items to Kenya Prison Service commissioner general Wycliffe Ogallo
Image: Douglas Okiddy

Kenya Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday donated anti-corona items worth Sh6.1 million to the Kenya Prisons.

The donations included medical and cleaning equipment, sanitary towels and tents for isolation facilities. These will help in the prevention and spread of Covid-19 in the prisons.

In attendance were Kenya Red Cross communications manager Peter Abawo, ICRC head of regional delegation Olivier Dubois and Kenya Prison Service commissioner general Wycliffe Ogallo.

The function happened at Prisons Headquarters, Nairobi. 

Kenya Red Cross communications manager Peter Abawo
Kenya Red Cross communications manager Peter Abawo 
Image: Douglas Okiddy
Kenya Prisons gender director Florence Omundi and health services director Dr Kisivuli Azenga
Kenya Prisons gender director Florence Omundi and health services director Dr Kisivuli Azenga
Image: Douglas Okiddy
Kenya Prisons deputy commissioner general Benjamin Njoga
Kenya Prisons deputy commissioner general Benjamin Njoga
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Abawo and Dubois donate the goods to Ogallo and deputy commissioner Benjamin Njoga
Abawo and Dubois donate the goods to Ogallo and deputy commissioner Benjamin Njoga
Image: Douglas Okiddy
Kenya Prisons officers Dorcas Mulinge and Jenniffer Mwema
Kenya Prisons officers Dorcas Mulinge and Jenniffer Mwema
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Kenya Prisons officers offload the donations
Kenya Prisons officers offload the donations
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ICRC communications manager Anne Kilimo with a Kenya Prison officer in one of the donated face shields
ICRC communications manager Anne Kilimo with a Kenya Prison officer in one of the donated face shields
Image: Douglas Okiddy
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Society
20 April 2020 - 22:00

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