Kenyans venture out
But by December 2020, with the fear of succumbing to the deadly virus receding and being replaced by that of dying from hunger, Kenyans thought it was time to venture out.
A poll that was done in August 2020 by Twaweza, a non-governmental organisation, found that seven in 10 Kenyans named negative business and economic impacts when asked about the impact of Covid-19, compared to just a quarter who said they feared contracting the virus itself.
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This, coupled with friends and families growing fonder of each other after a long period of separation, saw Kenyans revert to the earlier described Aristotelian disposition of being social.
Kenyans venture out
But by December 2020, with the fear of succumbing to the deadly virus receding and being replaced by that of dying from hunger, Kenyans thought it was time to venture out.
A poll that was done in August 2020 by Twaweza, a non-governmental organisation, found that seven in 10 Kenyans named negative business and economic impacts when asked about the impact of Covid-19, compared to just a quarter who said they feared contracting the virus itself.
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This, coupled with friends and families growing fonder of each other after a long period of separation, saw Kenyans revert to the earlier described Aristotelian disposition of being social.
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THE STANDARD By
Dominic Omondi |
February 2nd 2021 at 07:39:40 GMT +0300
A weak shilling and a host of disruptive factors in some of the country’s key source markets have led to a spike in retail prices. [Standard, file]
What started as a rumour of a sharp increase in the prices of cooking oil quickly turned into a protest, as the kitchen crisis worsened.
As expected, most shoppers were incensed by the “greedy” retailers. No one blamed the market. Perhaps because the market is abstract and distant.
Few Kenyans care about what is “cooking” in the swathes of palm oil plantations in the two islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Asia. They only care for what is cooking in their kitchen.