This is, I know, a shocking thing to say because democracy is a hard-won, valued right in our country, but I cannot bring myself to support any mainstream party in local elections on Thursday.
Why? Because all of them appear determined to reduce my freedoms, whether it s the lingering restrictions of lockdown or new plans to change our very lifestyles thanks to zero carbon targets.
Big government looks set to dominate our lives for possibly decades to come and no one seems to be offering a proper opposition to the rise of this badgering regime.
Even our national day of freedom on June 21 now seems imperilled after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called for continued wearing of masks and social distancing even though latest daily figures reported only one UK Covid death.
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Most are around corners next to major bus stops. [Courtesy]
You must have noticed that every corner block in most estates and even Nairobi’s Central Business District either has a chemist or a clinic.
The Tom Mboya stretch from Ambassadeur Hotel in the CBD to Haile Selassie has 18 such outlets comprising opticians, diagnostics and pharmacies.
The same is the case in city estates. The 10-metre walk between Biafra estate and Jehovah Witness Church in Eastleigh Section III, for instance, has 15 medical-related outlets, including five hospitals – two of which opened shop in 2020.
Urbanites and their search for convenience coupled with the corona pandemic has seen a rise in another trend in Nairobi: walk-in hospitals. Most are around corners next to major bus stops, others along popular side-walks with prominent signs reading ‘walk-in hospital’ to differentiate themselves from clinics.
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