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Institute of economic affairs CEO Kwame Owino. [File]

Institute of Economic Affairs boss Kwameh Owino speaks to Esther Diannah  about the Covid pandemic and the economy

To what extent has the Covid-19 impacted Kenya’s economy?

That’s a question best handled when we have more data. Right now, we only have data from the second quarter of the year. We know that it affected about 1.7 million jobs in that same quarter, which is really high. If you put the two together, you realise that the economy has been adversely affected significantly.

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