Nairobi, April 18 -- An elderly couple received a telephone call saying a relative of theirs had been infected by Covid-19 and, therefore, they would need to be tested.
Close to midnight there came a knock on the door and two figures stood there in masks and full protective clothing.
Sensibly, the old couple smelled a rat, or should we say two rats, and closed the door in their faces.
It was a brazen attempt to gain entry to the couple's home for purposes of theft, a crime which has increased markedly since the coronavirus pandemic descended.
I sometimes think if it was the end of the world and we were all being consumed by fire, flood or pestilence, some con men would be sneaking around, figuring how to make a bob or two while there wa...