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Virus cuts Sh82b from economy in just 6 months

Well-wishers distributing food donations for the vulnerable communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic at Kuwinda slums, Karen, Nairobi. [Courtesy, Standard]

Kenya posted back-to-back negative growth in the second and third quarters. The latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) showed that the economy contracted by 1.1 per cent between July and September 2020.

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