Families and friends play around with a monkey at City Park Nairobi on December 27, 2020. [David Njaaga, Standard]
Christmas in Kenya is almost always predictable. Everybody packs and heads for the village after disappearing for a year. The flyers for the New Year’s party are everywhere. Goats begin appearing in Nairobi. Clothes sales are advertised left, right and centre, and everybody is trying to sell you a holiday package.