Kenyan Journalist Larry Madowo Says He Fled New York over Coronavirus Fears

Good luck to him.

There are over one million international students in USA. Why does he keep telling us all this stuff as if he is the only international student?

...ndrama queen of Queens

I was thinking of the same. Don’t why he keeps Mdomo mdomo hapa. His studies are actually lowest in ranking for any academic achievements and from a school that no one knows. He must be excited to be in US. If anything no one cares... Africa has better journalism schools I don’t see see why all this hype mara hospital mara has to rush back jameni shut up and focus on you madawo ...

And which safe state is that he is refusing to name.Who is he trying to impress with this fake news ati safer state corona does not discriminate and a few months in New York does not make him an expert on all things New York has he any idea how large that state is oh because he has been to New York City he has seen the “world”.Clueless but then again sometimes ignorance is bliss

Kenya has a history of rewarding talkshops and Larry knows this too well. He has to remain relevant by talking, just like those loud-mouthed politicians. I thought he's studying at Columbia University on F1 Visa and purely on a personal capacity.

Kenya has a history of rewarding talkshops and Larry knows this too well. He has to remain relevant by talking, just like those loud-mouthed politicians. I thought he's studying at Columbia University on F1 Visa and purely on a personal capacity.

Who cares what Larry Madowo does?

@kenya u don't understand luozz nakunjifanya na maringoo mingi!

He has the biggest mouth, going all the way to his ears, especially when he open it up. There is something about this moron's origin or upbringing. I will attempt to google his native village, to find out why he acts like kiddish kid. And love may be blind because I wonder how he managed to win the soul of one of the best and matured media personality in Kenya, the daughter of a poet I so much cherished. Ati running away from New York because of coronavirus. How many of us are staying put, or taking other safety measures and are not blagging about it. Wacha ile kasumba ya Kikenya ya kufikiria kuwa Amerika ni mbinguni. You should have know that by now from Ms Rubadiri. Wakenya hapa hawafikirii vile watahama watorokee maambukizi ya corona. Wanafikiria jinsi watashughurukia maisha wakati kibunga cha korona kitakapofika upeoni. Ningekuwa Atwoli nigekuita SHENZI WEWE!

I see a bunch of haters fill up this space. Let Madowo be. He has accomplished what millions only dream of! Please jipeni shughuli

Larry Madomo is living up to his name, running away from corona is like running away from your own shadow

What a journalist - they are those who go to warfare to report, those reporting in Wuhan , Italy etc and this chicken calls himself a journalist? BBC should rethink his fellowship with them

@Madison - stop blowing the horn for yourself! You are not the only student in the US, let alone the whole world!

What would you have done if your news agency had sent you to NY to cover the coronavirus? Would you have gone to Idaho instead???? Ati, you knew you had to leave?

why is he lying is school closed!

A lot of negative comments here about Larry Madowo. Whether you like him or NOT, he has built a name for himself and he will continue to stay relevant. At the end of the day, he is just trying to make it...like all of you who went to the US many years ago and made it (or have not yet made it?). He was successful in Kenya, didn't need to come to USA to make it but chose to pursue his education...after being offered a scholarship. Columbia University is an Ivy League school, for those who are calling it ati some unknown school. None of us here are experts whether you have lived in the USA for 100 years or only 2 days, huku siyo ocha kwetu. If you hate the guy so much, why are you even here reading about him?! Fellow Kenyans, let us learn how to build and appreciate our own brand. Ni hayo tu kwa sawa, rusheni mawe kwangu sasa lakini jaribu kuerevuka na yaliyomo. Au siyo?

Y’all forgive Larry Madowo. He is still re-living life in Kenya where everything he said on TV was taken as theology by the local little chics and socialites!

He is still trying to find the center-ground of his life in the US where everything you say is fact-checked and corrections made pronto! He now feels like a wet chicken in the winter blizzard.

Just forgive Madowo for putting his big foot in his big mouth every time he attempts to sell himself!

Y'all full of shit.

AM STILL STUCK AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BEING’A LOW LEVEL UNI AND A UNIVERSITY NO ONE KNOWS. I MUST BE BLESSED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE AMONG THESE MWAKILISHI GENIUSES

Welcome to N.America's life brother Larry Madowo. Life here in N.A is an equalizer! It's for the unrelenting, toiling and those who have street life survival tactics. If you belong to the spoon-fed rich spoiled brats sorority club, then you should pack and go back to Kenya. no whining here; if you have sponsorship to attend school, shut up and go to school! Kuna wenye hawana hiyo priviledge!

I've lived in NY since 2016. My family is here too. Sisi hatubanduki hata kidogo. Larry is within his rights to make any personal decisions and take any actions he thinks fit. Many people have left New York especially if your home is elsewhere or you can afford to... (or also cannot afford to stay, NY is damn expensive). My university closed and all the 20,000 students went home (local and international). We switched the face to face classes to online learning. One must still ask... Is there a really safer place in USA, or globally, from Corona? Isn't the running around the exact opposite of what experts are advising?

Why so much bitterness?
Let Larry do his thing.
You do you!