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Uhuru: Why I sealed off Nairobi on short notice

President Uhuru Kenyatta's slamming of a don't-enter-or-leave Nairobi and its metropolitan areas order on Monday ahead of the Easter holidays was meant to protect Kenyans especially the elderly living in rural areas from being infected with the coronavirus by relatives trooping in from the city during the Easter holiday.

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