It’s time to harness the hustlers’ killer instinct

Twenty-four hours after the first case of coronavirus was reported in Kenya, I took a walk in downtown Nairobi, ending at Kenyatta Avenue outside the old Cameo building. Remember Cameo Cinema?

There, outside the building, wearing face masks and armed with sanitisers were hustlers, better called hawkers, selling the most sought-after items – face masks and sanitisers.