World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge will be joining other top athletes from across the world in fight against Malaria disease.
The Olympic Marathon champion has been in Zero Malaria campaign to stop the increasing cases of malaria in the country.
According to the World Malaria Report 2019, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for approximately 93 percent of all malaria cases and 94 percent of deaths in 2018. More than two-thirds of deaths were among children under the age of five.
The Kenyan government has significantly lowered malaria prevalence from a high of six million infections to 4.6 million over the last decade.
Kenyatta said that his government will continue to scale up malaria prevention efforts through the distribution of over 15 million treated mosquito nets this year to cover about 25 million vulnerable Kenyans