The Socio-Religious Dilemma of Kenyans amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue IV, April 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

The Socio-Religious Dilemma of Kenyans amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

Serah Madiiga Kitsiiri
Department Social Sciences, Masinde Muliro University Of Science And Technology

Abstract – Novelty is a good idea if the innovations favor humanity, however it is doom when the innovation is against humanity. The latter has been the case with novel covid-19, a disease that has rocked the world affecting even the sacred place, the alter. This paper therefore empirically discusses the state of events in the phase of the pandemic both spiritually, socially and economically. Specifically, it discusses how, inter alia, elements of worship, interactions and traditional African religious activities have been put into a state of unknown. The paper endeavors to achieve this through reviewing relevant literature in the area of focus. The paper concludes that governments, especially Kenyan in this case, have found themselves in a state of dilemma in dealing with this pandemic which affects all spheres of life. Therefore, as hope for the nation religious fraternity ought to continue praying for the nations and more so the medical fraternity for a solution to attained.

Keywords: Covid-19, Social Distancing, Technology, Religion

Introduction

The faith of an individual in the society is sometimes pegged not only on the aspect of right and wrong otherwise known as morality, but also on the doctrine accompanying the denomination an individual subscribes to. In the wake of events, novelty sometimes challenges faith in a manner that leaves questions beyond the explanation of humankind. Such is the case experienced by the world from December 2019, when a novel virus known as Corona emerged from Wuhan China (Csa & Egunjobi, 2020).

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