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Cushion small traders from Covid curbs

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s announcement on Friday introducing new stringent measures against Covid-19 must have caught many by surprise. Yet most small traders, must feel the wrath of these measures more than the rest. Not that they expected the President to come with good news.

Everyone knew that the positivity rate had jumped as many people got infected. News of Kenyans, some prominent members of society succumbing to the disease, were alarming.

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