×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Kenya’s Boldest Voice
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download App

The good, bad and ugly of a pandemic year

 

A woman washes her hands before boarding a Mungwana Sacco Nissan plying Chuka Chogoria along Accra Road due to Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic in Nairobi [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The size of Kenya’s economy contracted for the first time in two decades in 2020 following a tumultuous period in which the Covid-19 pandemic killed businesses and rendered thousands jobless.

Premium Article

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week.

Fact-first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.
Continue Reading  →
What you get
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimised reading
  • Weekly newsletters & digests
Pay via
M - PESA
VISA
Airtel Money
Secure Payments Kenya's most trusted newsroom since 1902