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Kenya Airways is down but definitely not out

Kenya Airways (KQ) during the launch of the resumption of international flights at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi, on August 1, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A video clip on Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ) has been doing the rounds. Ominously titled, 'Fall of The Pride', it has created a frisson of excitement in some and visceral fear in others. Tapping into the anger that is already palpable on account of a tanking economy, the creator of the clip has masterfully channeled it towards KQ as though the airline was a metonym for the entire country and all that is wrong with it.

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