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Street families in Lodwar bear brunt of Covid-19

Homeless boys and girls in Lodwar, Turkana. 

Photo credit: Sammy Lutta | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Officers enforcing the curfew directive kicked them out of the streets where they used to spend their nights.
  • Some street families, who were living in unoccupied stalls at the Lodwar Market, were forced out to create more space for the traders to observe physical distancing when working.

Street families in Lodwar town, Turkana are bearing the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic because of the directives issued by the government to prevent the spread of the disease.

Officers enforcing the curfew directive kicked them out of the streets where they used to spend their nights.