We have nothing to fear but fear itself in the wake of pandemic

In the middle of one of America’s worst financial crises, Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, famously told the Americans that they “had nothing to fear but fear itself”.

Ninety years later, Kenyans might want to revisit FDR’s wise counsel as they deal with yet another existential crisis that threatens to wipe out entire livelihoods and sectors.