National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has lauded Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta for her passionate dedication to the improvement of maternal healthcare in Kenya.
The Bank's Managing Director & CEO Munir Sheikh Ahmed said the campaign is making significant contribution to the improvement of healthcare conditions in low income set ups and in far flung rural Kenya.
Munir, who last year accompanied Kenyatta to the Northern Eastern county of Mandera, noted that some areas where the Beyond Zero mobile clinics were presently operating would not have been served any other way "than with a solution where the clinic goes to the patients".
"We are proud of First Lady's effort in the Beyond Zero campaign," said Munir.
NBK said its partnership with the First Lady kicked off in 2013, when the bank took up the challenge of championing afforestation efforts in the country in a Kenya@50 project.
Last year, as Kenyatta officially opened the Bank's Mandera branch, she hailed the planting of 100,000 trees by the bank in the arid county as praiseworthy.
NBK is presently nurturing two and a half million trees across 40 counties, in what is the record single largest corporate-driven afforestation initiative in Kenya today.
Over 100 NBK employees will participate in this year’s First Lady's Half Marathon (FLHM).