Category: Explainers
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Flying During the Pandemic
Kenya resumed domestic flights and we sent our creative team to observe how different flying has become during the pandemic. We asked them to vlog their experience and to be as opinionated as possible.
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Is Kenya Ready to Open Her Skies Again?
President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that international air travel would resume on August 1st. We wondered, has Kenya taken enough measures to ensure that the lives of it’s people and that of the visitors coming in are safe?
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Who Created the Mask?
Have you ever wondered who created the mask and why it’s important during health pandemics? 😷 Patrick Gatua explores.
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Did pollution reduce during the restrictions?
Remember when Osman Siddiqi took the famous photo capturing Mt. Kenya from Westlands, Nairobi? Everyone wondered whether the landmark was clear because of reduced air pollution during Covid-19 restrictions. Debunk Producer and data journalist Wakini Njogu put the theories to test. Was the earth breathing due to curfews and lockdowns?
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Culture in the midst of a pandemic: Lessons from Ja Chiga’s chaotic funeral
On the morning of June 11, 2020, Benard Obonyo breathed his last at St. Jairus Hospital in Kisumu. Were it not for who he was and the kind of following he commanded, his funeral would have been just like any of the numerous others that have taken place in Kisumu County during the coronavirus era,…
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