This report presents considerations for containment, mitigation, recovery
and reopening (CMRR) to ensure a seamless, organized and sustainable exit
from the coronavirus pandemic in Kenya. The proposals for a systematic and
organized exit, will hopefully lead to sustainable recovery and reopening
in the public health, security and governance, economy, education and
political sectors.
Section A describes the problem and challenge of the coronavirus pandemic,
the COVID-19 phases and current status in the country. It also describes, and
analyzes Kenya’s COVID-19 status vis-a-vis other countries in the region and
the rest of the world with regard to spread, trends and testing. It outlines
possible reasons for why the infection rates are still very low in Kenya. This
section also analyzes the gains made from current containment measures by
the government, and examines challenges emanating from the said measures.
The key to organized reopening is to anchor any action on sound evidence.
Section B describes and recommends that systematic plan of action detailing
sectors, structures, processes and frameworks should be developed to ensure
seamless and organized containment, mitigation, recovery and re-opening.
This section is developed to inform such a plan of action. It contains policy
proposals for containment, mitigation, recovery and re-opening during the
COVID-19 pandemic