As the greedy President Uhuru Kenyatta led government seems not to care to a point of allowing China nationals to travel to Kenya in the sake of maintaining business ties with the Coronavirus ‘infested’ country, Kenyans have decided to act by themselves by starting a petition to stop flights from China to land in Kenya.
This move makes sense as majority of countries in the world including Russia; a super power country have halted flights into and out of China.
On change.org, one can sign the petition by clicking on ‘Sign this petition‘ floating button where you’ll be required to key in your names and email to sign the petition.
At the time of this publication the petition had been signed by over 13,700 people out of the required 15,000.
Entry of Chinese nationals
On Wednesday, February 26, a Chinese Southern Airlines plane with 239 Chinese nationals aboard landed at the JKIA airport with the government saying that all the passengers have been cleared of Coronavirus.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Health indicated that the passengers were screened, cleared and advised to self-quarantine for the next 14 days.
According to the Health Ministry it has so far investigated 17 Coronavirus alerts, all of which have tested negative.
The airline announced on Wednesday that they two weeks after suspending its direct flights to Nairobi
The airline had initially suspended travel reservations on the carrier till the end of June 2020 and be reviewed on March 28, 2020.
On Monday, the carrier resumed over 2,100 domestic flights amid the epidemic, according to the company.
The flights were mainly from southwest, central and southern China to first-tier cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and east China.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus is a fast-moving virus originating in China and known as the “new coronavirus” or COVID-19 has infected tens of thousands of Chinese citizens and spread to more than 30 countries.
So far more than 2,600 people have died from the deadly virus.
The shicking realization comes at a time when the Kenyan government continues to allow airlines from China to land in Nairobi.
