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How virus stopped reggae and could change course of politics

Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui with his deputy Eric Korir (second right), County Commissioner Erastus Mbui and Speaker Joel Kairu (left) address the press on Friday. [Daniel Chege, Standard]

The confirmation of a coronavirus case in Kenya is likely to jolt the political scene as a compulsory lull halts high voltage rallies that had charged the country.

Kenya reported its first case on Friday and the Ministry of Health was yesterday still doing tests with fears that several other cases could be recorded in a number of days.

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