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Growing up in the 80's and 90's was an interesting experience that may never be erased from our memories. Our mothers were the chief disciplinarians, leave alone the dreaded "deputy principles" in high schools, when we were growing up. These two people had one thing in common, and that was, they wanted us to "adopt good behaviors, as we drop the bad behaviors" . Sustaining behavior change was and is still the most complex practice; why am I saying this? In the primary and secondary school days, if you were ever caught having sneaked out of school, you would be punished to ensure that you didn't repeat that vice. "Punishment" acted as a deterrence to sneaking out of school thus a "negative reinforcement" to behavior change. When you performed exceptionally well in school, you would be rewarded. "The reward" in this case acted as a promoter of good performance thus a "Positive Reinforcement" to behavior change.  The ...

Wearing of Masks in public  – As per the Kenya Census 2019 report, Nairobi county population is currently at  4,397,073  and that of the neighboring county of Kiambu is 2,417,735 which totals to  6,814,808  people ( https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-i-population-by-county-and-sub-county ). Assuming that each of the above people put on a non-re-usable mask every day, in a month it would translate to ( 6,814,808*Kshs. 50 per mask*30 days in a month ), this translates to  Kshs. 10,222,212,000.00  per month. To achieve this, the government through MoH ensured that there is a directive that everyone needs to have a face mask anytime you are in public, and thus this was “Forced demand” that was able to trigger the “supply” side of the market equilibrium. The government knows very well that the Kenyan population is quite responsive to threats and directives and especially the ones that are directly being implement...

When the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Kenya, on the 12th, March, 2020, it was quite evident that things were not going to be normal anymore. To date, the MoH has continuously been on the forefront in ensuring that the Kenyan public is reliably informed of the progress the government is putting in place to curb/control the spread of Corona Virus in Kenya. The most common guidelines that the Ministry of Health has continuously ensured that every Kenyan adheres to are; social distancing, putting on a face mask every time one is in the public, constantly wash hands with soap and running water or sanitize using an alcohol based sanitizer.  On the 22nd, July, 2020, it was the end of the 4th week that I had not visited my barbershop for a routine haircut, which I have visited for since December, 2016. I ensured that I had retained the same pair of hands to handle my haircut for as long it would take for consistency purposes, hygiene and ensuring that there is value for money rea...