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    Understanding the Politics of Covid-19 in Kampala, Nairobi and Mogadishu: A Political Settlements Approach

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    2022-05
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    Bukenya, Badru
    Kelsall, Tim
    Klopp, Jacqueline
    Mukwaya, Paul
    Oyana, Tonny
    Wekesa, Eliud
    Ziraba, Abdhalah
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    All three of our cities are located in Eastern Africa, Nairobi being the largest of the three, with an estimated population of 4.34 million in 2019. Kampala has an estimated 1.75 million inhabitants, while estimates for the population of Mogadishu range from 1.7 to 2.9 million. Each of the cities houses a disproportionate share of the country’s formal sector businesses and employers, although in each the informal economy is also very large, much of the population lives in informal settlements, and public infrastructure and government services leave much to be desired (Earle 2021; Ernstson and Mukwaya 2021; Sverdlik 2021). Problems are most acute in Mogadishu, where, challenged by a virulent extremist insurgency, there is a large population of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the government is extremely fragile, and would likely not survive without the presence of an international peacekeeping force. Politically, each city is also the official seat of the national government. Sub-nationally, Nairobi is governed by an elected City County, though some of its functions have recently been transferred to the non-elected Nairobi Metropolitan Services. Kampala is governed by the Kampala Capital City Authority, a non-elected body, while Mogadishu is governed by the Benadir Regional Administration whose leader is also the Mayor of Mogadishu, appointed by the President (Earle 2021; Ernstson and Mukwaya 2021; Sverdlik 2021). All three of our cities experienced their first confirmed cases of Covid-19 in March 2020, carried by travellers returning home via international airports. In the cases of Nairobi and Mogadishu, this triggered a policy response that was already weeks or months in the making. In Kampala, by contrast, the authorities had already introduced a number of restrictions on travel and social mixing (ACRC 2022; Bukenya et al. 2022; Klopp et al. 2022).
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    Bukenya, B., Kelsall, T., Klopp, J., Mukwaya, P. Et al (2022) 'Understanding the Politics of Covid-19 in Kampala, Nairobi and Mogadishu: A Political Settlements Approach' ACRC Working Paper 2022-04, Manchester: African Cities Research Consortium, The University of Manchester
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