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Kenya's economy recovering amid Covi-19 effects

Muted recovery seen in increased manufacturing output, reopening of schools, slight reduction in unemployment rates and improved consumer spending.

It was the legendary Greek philosopher Aristotle who said that man is by nature a social animal.  

This maxim held until the novel coronavirus disease started to spread like wildfire from its Wuhan epicentre in China, with Kenya reporting its first case of the deadly disease on March 13, last year.

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