Nairobi residents flocked country bus stations in what appears to be panic ahead of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s meeting with Inter-Governmental officials from the Counties – By Gerald Gekara.
The president is scheduled to meet stakeholders from the counties and address a possible strengthening of containment measures, such as the inter-county travel ban to counties worst hit by the coronavirus.
Speculation has been rife over an alleged plan to reinstitute lockdown measures after Kenya’s cases hit record highs of over 500 daily cases reported.
Mr. Njuguna, a Komarock Estate resident who accompanied his family in the last-minute rush to book tickets to his Nyandarua rural home, cited frustrations during the last containment measures.
“I cannot afford to be stranded twice, that is why I am carrying my children home so that they will not sleep hungry,” He said. “In as much as the President wants to keep the economy going, it is too risky to be in Nairobi which has most of the cases anyway”.
In the recent tally announced on Sunday 26th July, Kenya’s cases spiked to 17,603, after a record 960 people tested positive.
Nairobi County led with (510) new cases, Kajiado County (102), Kiambu (100), Machakos (58), Mombasa (48), Busia (21), Garissa (17), Uasin- Gishu (15), Kisumu (14), Nakuru (12), Narok (10), Turkana (9), Bomet (8), Kericho (7), Murang’a (5), Makueni (5), Laikipia (5), Embu (3), Bungoma (2), Kakamega, Nyeri, and Taita Taveta with 2 cases each, Tana River, Trans- Nzoia and Kisii recorded (1) case each.
The communal spread has been largely blamed for the wildfire cases even as most of the residents travel back to their rural homes.
Total Coronavirus fatality in the country stands at 280 after two more patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours.
All eyes are now on the government for its next course of action, as Kenya continues its road to Peak coronavirus cases
