The unusually empty arrivals corridor before immigration at Terminal 1 Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on March 24, 2020. Despite the Kenya Government putting a quarantine policy in place for returning citizens, there are no extra health checks beyond the regular measures already in place.
Passengers wait by doors locked and chained at the exit of Terminal 1 to prevent anyone leaving Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi on March 24, 2020.
An armed policeman is posted outside a Government designated health facility costing USD $60 per night in Nairobi on March 24, 2020. The police have been threatening citizens in quarantine and limiting their access to daylight and fresh air, continuing a trend of aggressive behaviour.
A meal consisting of stale rice, chapati, and some sauce is served in a plastic container as part of the daily staple at a Government designated health facility costing USD $60 per night in Nairobi on March 24, 2020.
The wind blows tissue out of a dispenser at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 25, 2020. The hotels are not setup to be proper medical facilities and lack adequate health measures, with no hand sanitiser, masks, or gloves being made available.
A man puts his feet in the window to enjoy the afternoon sun at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 26, 2020. Despite an overwhelming number of negative test results the Ministry of Health (MoH) has decided to detain over 1000 Kenyans in single rooms using armed police for 28 days.
Armed police are used by an employee of a Government designated quarantine facility to force people to pay hotel bills and take temperature tests counter to normal medical protocols in Nairobi on March 26, 2020.
A man plays with his umbrella at property neighbouring a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 27, 2020.
An afternoon thunderstorm brews in the distance as seen from a window of a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 28, 2020.
The afternoon sun sits alone across an empty bar at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 28, 2020. The hotels are not setup to be proper medical facilities and lack adequate health measures, with no hand sanitiser, masks, or gloves being made available.
Laundry in the bathtub of a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 29, 2020. The Ministry of Health (MoH) has not allowed any laundry to be done on site or externally so detainees are forced to wash their own clothes, most of which are the limited selection they had travelled with.
A man reads the newspaper at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 29, 2020. Despite an overwhelming number of negative test results the Ministry of Health (MoH) has decided to detain over 1000 Kenyans in single rooms using armed police for 28 days, under controversial circumstances.
The telephone at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 29, 2020. People held in quarantine live in terror as the Ministry of Health (MoH) has communicated that those who test positive for COVID-19 can expect a call late at night to give them a short warning that the police, accompanied by health officials, are on their way to take them to a hospital for isolation.
Doctors prepare to administer the mandatory COVID19 test for detainees of a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 29, 2020.
A hotel employee sweeps an unused patio at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on April 03, 2020.
A man contemplates the empty balconies in isolation at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on April 03, 2020.
A man reads a book to pass the time at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on April 04, 2020.
A young man holds a sign asking for help after the Ministry of Health (MoH) illegally extended the detention period of people in quarantine to 28 days at a Government designated quarantine facility in Nairobi on April 04, 2020.