What the star is not telling you on their headline is that the ksh40billion is not yet spent on covid. It is what the country will spend this period. Some of these facts are omitted on the headline. Here we go for those who want to castigate without reading.

THREAD on #40billion

Sh1 billion has been set aside for hiring health workers #40billion

Treasury has also disbursed Sh200 million to the Interior Ministry to tighten security operations to enforce curfew and containment directives. #40billion

Another Sh200 million has been provided for the Prisons department to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in jails. #40billion

Residents of arid and semi-arid areas received Sh400 million in relief food and non-food commodities for insecure communities.

Treasury also says it has provided Sh10 billion in tax refund and another Sh10 billion for the cash transfers for the elderly and vulnerable persons.

The National Intelligence Service has also been given a Sh1.5 billion boost for their operations, to help in contact and case tracing.

Sh13 billion for SMEs support and payment of pending bills has been disbursed according to treasury

Among the beneficiaries of the additional expenditure are university staff whose Sh6.6 billion 2017-21 CBA will be funded.

Doctors and lecturer’s allowances of Sh1.8 billion would be provided as well as Sh3.8 billion for Nairobi Metropolitan Services.

Sh1.25 billion will go towards the reconstruction of damaged roads, bridges, and other related infrastructure – mostly destroyed during the rainy seasons.

Sh1.2 billion will be provided for the construction and rehabilitation of water pans in arid and semi-arid areas.

The government further intends to spend Sh1 billion to roll out the issuance of third-generation identity cards.

Sh700 million will be provided for the Ewaso Nyiro Development Authority under the drought mitigation programmes.

The Lands ministry will get Sh662 million for the digitisation of land records while another Sh551 million has been provided for maintenance works on the national fibre optic infrastructure.

The source is the @TheStarKenya. Clearly, the star wants you to believe that #40billion was spent to treat 200 patients of #COVID19KE. They have used a headline that is clearly fake to attract your clicks and hidden the truth in there. We must call them out