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Prices fall on pandemic constraints but no takers

Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge.

You are walking to the parking lot one afternoon from the office when you bump into a crazy offer of one of those shoes that you always wanted for yourself.

Prices have been halved; unbelievable. You are about to pull out your credit card then you remember that you have overdrawn it. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, your employer slashed your salary by 30 per cent. You are even lucky because many other people that have been laid off. 

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