Why politics won’t take a back seat amid Covid--19 crisis

Commuters wearing face masks at the Likoni ferry channel in Mombasa following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the country in March. Politicians seem to have realised the disease is not going away any time soon. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a back seat; it is no longer in our headlines.

Politics has taken the centre stage, with private meetings replacing political rallies. Politicians seem to be forming bubbles, common in Britain.