UNDP donates robots to help Kenya’s Covid-19 fight
Friday January 22 2021
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe receives three robots from UNDP Kenya that will help the government to fight Covid-19 with a Sh240 million funding from the government of Japan in a handover ceremony in Nairobi on January 22, 2021. PHOTO | BRIAN AMBANI | NMG
By BRIAN AMBANI
The robots, which were made by Chinese robotics company UBtech, have been named Jasiri, Shujaa and Tumaini.
The robots will record audio and video data and notify the manning authorities on anomalies.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Friday received three pilot smart “anti-epidemic” robots from the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) Kenya to support the government’s mitigation measures against the Covid-19 pandemic.