Meet Kenya’s weird colonial-era doctors

Kakamega County MP Elsie Muhanda gives a herbal medicine concoction to residents at Shamiloli area in Kakamega East on April 13, 2020. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The Covid-19 pandemic has pounded the globe for two years and in its wake came numerous supposed cures and remedies, some unorthodox.

In Kenya, the price of lemon went up at the onset of the pandemic, while various steaming methods were promoted globally. Some suggested that people swallow hand sanitiser, gladly, no one tried it.

But if you think such quirky treatments only came about during the pandemic,...