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Will Covid-19 kill our traditions?

Relatives during a burial that was attended by only fifteen people at Muiri Village in Olkalou Constituency, Nyandarua County on April 4,2020. [John Githinji, Standard]

Coronavirus causes a respiratory disease that currently has no cure. It will change our views on death, irrespective of our level in the society. Paradoxically, it seems only death can change our  perspective on death.

Curiously there is more activity around death than birth in most of our communities. Obituaries in the newspapers, TV and radio are a big business. I am yet to see birth announcements in our media.

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