All on going Maasai community cultural transition festivities in Kajiado has been suspended to avert any possible spread of Coronavirus in Kajiado county.
The local administration has ordered the activities suspended and the families which has been living in Manyattas for months ordered to leave.
There were several cultural ceremonies underway in different parts of Kajiado including one in Sajironi Kajiado central.
Commonly the age set group set up a circular cluster of manyattas (hut) where their families live for months as a transition process from one age set to the other.
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Here, the culture is upheld and they live communally.
Such manyatta activities attract visitors from across the globe.
To law enforcers this grouping might turn up to be a disease outbreak epicentre considering red alert on Coronavirus.
To keep the community safe from covid-19 Kajiado county commissioner Joshua Nkanatha say the ceremonies has been suspended forthwith.
Age set chiefs has been ordered to ensure participants lives the Manyattas.
Also police officers are on high alert at Namanga border line with minimal activities following president directives yesterday on securing border points.
