- 82% of the respondents rely on TV for
information on COVID-19, and 76% on social
media (twitter, WhatsApp, and Facebook).
56% indicated that they have received short
messages from MoH; 43% rely on friends
and family; 42% use radio; 34% rely on official
websites; 14% have received information
from county government officials; 13% from
religious leaders; 7% from nyumba kumi,
and billboards; and 5% indicated using
other sources of information.
Main Findings
Source of COVID-19 Information
• 78% of the respondents were worried about
the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country,
20% were somewhat concerned about the
outbreak, while 2% registered no concern at
all.
• Fear of infection stood as main cause of
worry among the respondents at 62%,
followed by cost of treatment at 53%, and
the fear of losing income closing the top
three causes of worry at 51%. The least cause
of worry was the apparent upsurge in crimes
and criminal activity at 33%. Fear of death
rated at 46%, disruption on normal life at
42%, Food shortages at 39% and apparent
occurrence of a social disorder was at 34%.
Pastoralism remains one of the most important livelihood systems in the Horn of Africa, supporting millions of people through livestock keeping and small-scale agriculture
