I am writing to you about my parents and grandparents and my relatives who live in Ushago, Mashamabani or ‘the countryside’ as some Kenyans call our rural areas. That the unenviable task of weighing the country’s economy against Kenyan's lives has of course fallen upon you. So, as one who was born and bred in the "rural reserves", here is my petition to you. In short, I am imploring you to not lift the cessation of movement order. Everywhere in the world, rural areas from Afghanistan to America to Angola are far less equipped for a global pandemic than the urban spaces are.

Source: Standard Digital May 30, 2020 15:56 UTC