Centum boss on defying virus odds to post record profits

Centum Chief Executive Officer James Mworia was yesterday approved by Laikipia county assembly for position of non-executive chairperson of the county's development authority./ Courtesy

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic this year has presented the private sector with the biggest existential threat in modern history.

For the first time in more than 20 years, Kenya’s economy has gone into recession, with both production and consumption stunted for the foreseeable future.