KENYA
Police officers manning a roadblock mounted at Mau summit area along the Nakuru - Eldoret Highway while enforcing Lockdown and Night curfew due to Covid 19 Pandemic on March 29, 2020. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
It was swift and unexpected, but measures put in place to check the rising cases of Covid-19 in five counties have come with devastating effects.
The real impact of the government’s decision has been stinging, with statistics indicating that over 100,000 jobs have been lost in Nairobi, Machakos, Kiambu, Kajiado and Nakuru counties in the last month after the lockdown.
Mostly hit by the drastic move to extend curfew hours and close all entertainment joints as well as limit restaurants to takeaway service only, have been workers in the Hospitality Industry and the Transport sector.