On March 13, 2020, Kenya registered her first Covid-19 case after several days of speculations and cross-border checks. The government had insisted that it had activated disease control mechanisms and that the global pandemic would not penetrate Kenyan borders; and if it unfortunately did, then there were adequate preparations to deal with the cases.
Condid-19 being a new viral disease adding to the longer chain of similar pandemics generated anxiety and humour-mongering among the people.