Global Courant 2023-04-20 16:33:24
The government has restored its budget support to the Kenyan Red Cross.
President William Ruto said the move was prompted by the enormous humanitarian tasks the Society carries out.
He announced that the new move will begin in fiscal year 2023/2024 with an allocation of Sh100 million.
The president noted that the government will continue to support the Kenya Red Cross in carrying out its work, especially in disaster and emergency services.
He spoke on Thursday during the Kenya Red Cross tour in South C, Nairobi.
He called on Kenya Red Cross partners and donors to join the journey to support the Society with “multi-year and long-term funding”.
“The project approach – largely short-term – for national capacity building is not working,” the president said.
The president said Kenya is determined to apply better analytics when designing its humanitarian response to emergencies.
This includes predictive analytics where future results can be predicted.
The new approach, the president explained, will ensure communities are warned in advance and thus adequately prepared to respond to disasters.
“This will reduce loss and impact.”
The president praised the Kenya Red Cross for investing in early warning and early action in disasters.
“We must act early to avoid devastating impacts on lives and livelihoods,” he said.
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