By OTIENO OTIENOMore by this AuthorPictures of scores of people being trampled on during a food relief stampede in Nairobi’s Kibera slum last Friday were quite disturbing. In the absence of a coordinated State relief distribution plan for poor urban settlements hit badly by the coronavirus-related economic crisis, various individuals and charities have stepped forward to help. It happened on the same day that Melinda Gates, the co-founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, warned of a public health horror in developing countries from Covid-19. But incidents like the Kibera food stampede suggest that these countries have more immediate problems of hunger and potential social unrest to address. But donors to the fund so far have tended to prioritise public health supplies such as personal protective gear, hand sanitisers and medical oxygen.

Source: Daily Nation April 11, 2020 19:52 UTC