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Virus leaves 300,000 Kenyans without jobs in three months

According to KNBS, the unemployment rate stands at 13.7 per cent as of March this year.

At least 300,000 Kenyans have lost there jobs between January and March this year as the coronavirus continues to bite, a new report says.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Quarterly Labour Force Report notes that the number of employed Kenyans dropped to 17.8 million as of March, a decline from 18.1 million people who were in employment by end of December 2019.

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