Traders count losses as universities shut down tens of town campuses

Some of the business premises that were closed after Moi University shut its Eldoret West campus. Inset: Ramesh Shah inside the building he had rent out Kenyatta University before the satellite campus shut down. [Kelvin Tunoi, Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Ramesh Shah, a landlord in Nyeri, stares blankly at his deserted four-storey building in the town’s central business district.

A few months ago, the building was teeming with humanity and the rent was paid on time.