A few blocks away from the church, the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre has security officers manning its gates, squeezing sanitiser on to the hands of anyone who walks into the facility. Nearby, the Nakuru level five hospital — the city’s biggest referral centre — has been forced to limit visitors to its wards to one person per family to limit the spread of any possible infections. Health officials warned that this leeway might close: soon, no visitors will be allowed inside.
People living with disabilities have been hit hard. Martin Njoroge, a sign-language instructor, took to social media to inform his fellow deaf colleagues about the novel coronavirus. He said that many deaf people have been forced to rely on videos for information about the virus, which are often fake and exaggerated. Njoroge took it on himself to educate the deaf about the disease through short video clips, distributing them on social-media platforms.
She justified the loans, citing that she had to bulk shop for 30 days in case the government implemented a lockdown. “I didn’t want to risk not having food in the house. I will seek ways on how to clear the loans once the self-quarantine is over,” she added. “My hands were left soapy. I refused several times to wash my hands but the other passengers almost beat me up, blocking me from accessing the door of the van. I had to clean it unwillingly,” says Faith Cheptoo.
The crisis is having a major effect on some families. Njambi Kinyanjui has been separated from her daughter, who is a student in Mombasa, some 650km away. “I did not have emergency cash when the president declared that colleges will be shut at the end of this week, I got into a frenzy. I have no idea what to do especially since buses have hiked their fare,” she added.
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