This archive report was first published on 29 June 2021.
On June 29, 2021, President Kenyatta addressed the nation from State House Nairobi, outlining the government's COVID-19 vaccination plan and issuing Public Order No.4 of 2021.
"The fight against COVID is both a social and a health challenge as such we aspire for 'herd immunity' in the health arena; and we seem to have built what sociology experts call 'herd instinct' in the social arena. We seem to have built a national consensus on what we must do to defeat this pandemic and it is steadily working," the President stated.
President Kenyatta noted that the National Vaccine Deployment Plan had initially aimed to vaccinate 10 million adults by June 2022 and approximately 16 million by June 2023. However, the strategy had since been revised with a goal of vaccinating the entire adult population of 26 million Kenyans by 2022.
"In fact, by Christmas this year, we intend to have vaccinated Over 10 Million adults. According to our experts, we will have built a capacity to vaccinate 150,000 people every day from August 2021," he stated.
As part of the Public Order No.4 of 2021, the President maintained the hours of curfew in the COVID-19 hotspot zone until July 31, 2021, and extended the nationwide curfew from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am for a further 60 days.
He also prohibited political gatherings and all public gatherings for a further 60 days, required all persons coming into the country to be in possession of a negative COVID-19 PCR Certificate, and limited the number of attendees at funerals and other events to 100 persons.
