How virus gave dying factories a lifeline after years of losses

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha (right) inspects face masks at Kitui County Textile Centre (Kicotec) in the company of Education PS Belio Kipsang (left) and Governor Charity Ngilu (centre, in black) on June 24, 2020. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

When Kenya reported its first coronavirus case on March 13 this year, many Kenyans had no inkling of what awaited them.

In the days, weeks and months that followed, the economy, as did others worldwide, became sluggish.