Minneapolis and Eastleigh attracted attention this week. While they are under lockdown and have some similarities, Minneapolis is up in flames and Eastleigh is relatively peaceful. They offer key insights on how not to manage a pandemic.
With a population of 226,000, Eastleigh is one of Nairobi’s largest, most entrepreneurial and cosmopolitan estates. The concentration of Kenyan Somalis and influx of Somalis from neighbouring Somalia has earned it the nickname of little Mogadishu.