The coronavirus scare has hit Kenya hard, with many businesses hurting and likely to close down, while sporting and other events are being cancelled. Currently, hawkers in many urban centres are already feeling the pain because they cannot easily access goods from China. Kenya finally secured a huge avocado deal with China but now that is stalled, like much trade. So far, all counties have received 5,000 coronavirus protective kits with 14 high-risk counties also having received 10,000 kits from the national government. On Thursday, the Mombasa county government warned aliens and anyone else posing as county health officers moving around homes, saying they have a mandate to carry out door-to-door spraying.

Source: The Star March 13, 2020 02:03 UTC