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Virus leaving behind a trail of shattered livelihoods

A wave of job losses that has hit Kenya in the last one year worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic shows no sign of stopping.

This is the fifth month since the virus was first reported in Kenya, quickly moving from a health to an economic crisis that is leaving a trail of shattered livelihoods to levels not seen before in decades.

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