Many Europeans evacuated from Coast but others unwilling to leave

Italian investors and tourists arrive at Moi International Airport. [Omondi Onyango/Standard]

Governments around the world have spent fortunes chartering flights and sweet talking friendly states into opening closed skies to evacuate their citizens as the coronavirus pandemic rages.

But there are a few foreigners who are so enthralled by Kenya’s beauty that they are reluctant to go back home. Among them, however, are those who are leaving, not because they want to, but because of the intense pressure from family and their governments.