This rather heartless assessment of what may happen in rural areas – one hopes – is not a self-fulfilling prophecy. Only a person with acute myopia would have failed to see that the country was grinding to a halt even as Covid-19 infections kept rising. What we in Kenya have over the developed world is our large, youthful demographic and the fact that the majority of the country’s population lives in rural areas where community infections are not common. In that respect, it should begin with rural areas. It would be tragic if rural Kenya became the new frontier for coronavirus infections.

Source: Daily Nation July 10, 2020 20:37 UTC