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Eateries closed

To prevent the spread of the disease, the county public health department has closed all eateries, with officials going around day and night to educate the public about the dangers of the disease.

Some traders were fighting the closures, claiming that their businesses were unfairly targeted and that they were ambushed without warning. "Public health officials refused to listen to us even after we begged them to give us guidelines to combat the disease spread," said resident David Kamau .

Julia Kasioki, the owner of a restaurant, said the closure notice was written in a local dialect that she does not understand.

"Officials moved around in a vehicle equipped with speakers, but I couldn't understand the message because it was written in Somali," she said. Adawa Mohamed, the director of public health, refuted the traders' claims, saying proper communication was made.