Time for China to take fresh look at our debt portfolio

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has repeatedly reminded us that Covid-19 is not a joke. This scourge could finish us in more than one way, if we are not careful. It threatens us across a variety of sectors. Scourges of this kind have previously wiped out millions of people and destroyed entire social orders. The bubonic plague killed about 200 million people in the period 1347 and 1351. The Spanish influenza of 1918 – 1919 killed about 50 million people. Challenges of this kind diffuse the social and political boundaries. Accordingly, Kenyans must all be enjoined in the war against Covid-19, regardless of political leanings and affiliations. 

Combating this scourge requires that we concurrently focus on several important concerns. Some are deceptively distant from the scourge. For one, the pandemic is slowly but surely crippling our economy. If we don’t pay deliberate attention to the economy and consciously mitigate against the threats, this thing could deal us a terrible blow.