The cost of Covid-19 one year later

Covid-19 vaccine during the launch of the vaccination campaign at Kenyatta National Hospital on March 5, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

In 2019, most Kenyans were convinced that their economic and financial fortunes had hit rock bottom.

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge, in a tweet, described it as a “brutal year all round.”