Its been a long time.
Amid restrictions families were able to converge and celebrate unusual Christmas
Few.
Not that the Christmas came early.
The year 2020 has been bountiful of calamities
Movement restrictions, travel bans and prohibited gathering for worship, weddings, political rallies and nonetheless burials
Curfews and etc.
In markets, empty stalls are strikingly apparent.
Most are indefinitely closed.
And those struggling to stay open, literally have nothing on display shelves
Indeed the ‘bat’ virus extremely threatened the human life
Buzzling in roads didn’t halt. Traffic went down a little bit
Roaring motor bikes and vehicles
Business must have been usual here
Not until new restrictions were put in force. Ban of night travel
Passenger vehicles to carry half of their normal carrying capacity
Passengers be a meter away from each other and properly don a mask
Fares hiked, doubled. No destination changes!
Everything looked different
People became toxic. No contact. No handshake!
March 2018 was the ultimate! Warm brotherly handshake. No fear of contracting untreatable virus!
Road network has been perfected since 2002. For the decades I have lived; the transformation of the country’s infrastructure has been tremendous.
Properly tarmacked roads. Impassable weather seasonal roads slowly becoming extinct with smooth swift drive roads except for the numerous erected bumps to act as speed regulators. No 20th century potholes
Everyone fancies pulling a four-wheel on the roads, except that politicians are funny
The community strain to have young generations to get better education. No handcart in mind. Not to hawk in them either. But get transformative education to change the world around them.
Surprisingly, an idea if floated. By the government of the day!
The wheelbarrow revolution is in the offing
It’s the real empowerment of a hustle!
Forget about the laptop project to have more teachers recruited to impart the primary school kids with computer know-how, have more healthcare workers hired to hasten the roll-out of universal healthcare, promote more start-ups by capital incentives and tax reliefs.
The policy makers are out for another far-sighted political showdown
The constitution has to be amended. For peaceful coexistence for political reasons.
2010 promulgated constitution is yet to be fully implemented. Yet with few flaws that do indeed need some perfection, the energy to have a new document is overwhelming
Contrast; 2010 document was opposed by the government of the day.
Satirically, opposers of the ‘expected’ amendment of what was promulgated 10 years ago, say the document is fit for the current day affairs
Tremendous development in county levels has been achieved though by 2010 document. Diversification would bring rapid growth to the suburbs.
Amazingly, most aspects haven’t changed much even after 2002 landmark political change
Civil service strikes. Wage inequities amid a slightly improved living standards
The wheelbarrow/handcart slogan is a rhetoric of the 21st century
With advancement in technology, the wheelbarrow is so menial
No woman’s son or a man’s daughter would wish to use the tool to earn a living.
The idea is loose.
It degrades the desire for innovation and creation of jobs
Menial jobs created by the political class for status quo
2012, the class flaunted manifestos of transforming the country into a digital hub. World class stadia. County business hub centers and other lucrative promises.
That kindergartens would be equipped with computer skills. Be taught in a competence-based curriculum that focused on their potential rather than be equipped with knowledge to pass exam!
The transformative agenda has rested to politics. 10 years almost over!
Universal healthcare is still a dream. NHIF sanctioning more than its core mandate.
Start-ups closing down barely in a year of operation
County governments welcomed curfews
They hastened distribution of reliefs for the indoor residents. Going to work as a norm ceased
Organizations shutdown operation as a mitigation of containing infections.
Funny how we got there as a country
How the virus chipped in. How policy makers handled the situation.
The economy was on the deathbed
Shops closed. Small scale enterprises scaled down services and eventually closed down.
Schools closed indefinitely. The world crawling
Little activities in airports with most airlines suspending their flights until the undetermined dates of containing the virus
Infections dominated in the months of October and November, the county recording more infection rates and fatalities
Yet again December ushered in a new normal
Public hospitals went down. No services.
Go slow for the clinicians, doctors and nurses
The healthcare workers were dying of covid
No proper personal protective equipment from the ‘infected’ public
A healthcare worker ought to have donned a proper ppe to attend to patients
A challenge that needed much resource
If indeed a health worker is in the ppe, the proper way was to see one client and dispose of the kit and put another one perhaps to see a next one!
This wasn’t the case,
One ppe for a suspected case and a mask for a day to protect one from contacting the virus
Doctors died.
High ranking government officials succumbed
At their discretion to resource the overwhelmed healthcare facilities
National government covid task teams struggling to engage county governments to equip hospitals with unknown funding
Everyone remains exposed and vulnerable
Covid dismantles even the strongest. It turns lung into ‘vegetables’
Incubation period estimated to be 14 days brings in with severe symptoms
Difficulty in breathing necessitate for more oxygen pumping to the chest
To keep the lungs supplied with adequate levels oxygen to support the body mechanisms
The brain is deprived of sufficient supply of both nutrients and oxygen resulting to a tough headache.
The heartbeat doubles to push more blood to the target crucial organs.
The inflammation and the rapid heartrate eventually elevate body temperatures to unsustainable levels to be regulated. Fevers and fatigue
Palpitation due to pneumonic processes and reduced immunity to other opportunistic diseases
The body gets into a crisis
The body gives in.
One retires to bed to fight death. The war of life.
The virus with no cure taking down every system!
Attacking first the breathing system; depriving the body of vital oxygen levels!
Systemic failure results
And eventual loss of life!
Death
Death doesn’t give chances, which life does.
Despite the fact that its ultimate, a lifeless body is optionless. It’s just dust
