Positive's percentage on tests continue to fall, but the Kenyan government does not give up and insists that the Covid-19 will stay in Kenya at least until the end of the year, while in Nairobi the protest of young people and artisanal alcohol sellers bursts in.
This is the scenario of the weekend in Kenya, with the latest bulletin reporting 355 cases out of 5724 swabs analyzed and 10 deaths related to the Coronavirus.
After last Friday's words of the Health Director Mercy Mwangangi has extinguished the nascent enthusiasm of those who hoped that the numbers "under control" of the last few days would prelude to an imminent reopening of bars and the country after 9 pm, declaring that the virus will remain in the country for a long time, with a peak in December and a slow descent until March 2021 and that therefore we must not lower our guard.
Yesterday the government implied that it is preparing new anti-Covid-19 regulations to be introduced in Kenya precisely because of this awareness. The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure James Macharia has already appointed a task force to deal specifically with the markets, with measures to mitigate the spread of viruses and maintain the hygiene of the food supply chain.
At the same time, the "Keep Our Market Open" project aims to keep open the commercial activities that give life to the country, of which agriculture is the driving force for the internal market, and to develop a new strategy to make the most crowded places of commerce, which in every city and country are the public markets, safer in a pandemic perspective.
Even the kiosks, so-called "kibanda" and not only the shops, must comply with the regulations that require washing hands and masks, otherwise they will be closed.
In Nairobi, in the neighborhoods outside the center, yesterday was a day of protests by various groups of citizens. The young people, they say, were protesting that they have not yet been paid after serving on the government's programme to give work to the unemployed during the pandemic, involving them in street renovations and other public works. Their protest would also be joined by sellers of "chang'aa", the powerful artisan grappa sold in the slum and suburban districts of Nairobi that have been closed for 5 months.
In a week's time, President Kenyatta's new public intervention is expected to formalize the new measures and say whether Kenya is still preparing to reopen completely or will still maintain the restrictions in place.

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