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East Africans celebrate Christmas, wrap up 2022 without Covid restrictions

Christmas festivities in Mombasa, Kenya

Guests arrive at the Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort in Mombasa, Kenya on December 20, 2022 as holidaymakers arrive in the coastal city for Christmas festivities in this photo taken. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

By  The EastAfrican

East Africans are this week freer than in the past two festive seasons, which they spent largely grounded by Covid-19 protocols.

But people are also taking everything to the last minute, as seen by cramming in shopping malls, traffic jams and markets.

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