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Neighbours Place 11 Families Placed Under 'House Arrest' [VIDEO]
Jul 5, 2020
Eleven families at Nakuru's Manyani Slum were restricted to the confines of their congested estate over the last seven days by their neighbours in fear of contracting Covid-19.
Speaking on TV47 on Saturday, July 4, the families expressed their desperation stating they were facing possible starvation as they have been restricted from leaving their premises even for food.
"Any time we try to go out to look for food for our children, they are quickly upon us saying, watu wa corona rudini ndani, mnaenda wapi watu wa corona? (get back inside. As Covid-19 patients, cannot leave," Phyllis Anyango, one of the mothers barricaded within Manyani Slums narrated between bouts of tears.
She narrated that their children were in desperate need of food, and castigated the Nakuru County health department for ordering them to self-quarantine without enough guidance only to go for an entire week of stigmatisation and hunger.
"None of the officials has ever been here to carry out the Covid-19 tests. Only 1 or 2 kind-hearted people have been trying to help us," Paul Kariuki, another member of the 11 families revealed.
In what has been described as a case of community policing gone wrong, the victims pleaded to be allowed to find food for their young ones.
A survey by TIFA Research Firm, published on July 2, showed that stigmatisation was one of the biggest challenges in the fight against Covid-19 in Kenya
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