In September of 2020, the Tourism Cabinet Secretary projected that the industry had lost some 2.5 million jobs in five months. “The hotel sector has experienced an abrupt and unprecedented drop in hotel demand that has led to closure of most hotels,” a tourism industry report by the Kenya Tourism Board states. This is a huge number,” Macharia says, adding that there are certain tourism circuits like Nairobi, Samburu and Amboseli that are almost dead. Empty classroom at St Peters Mumias Boys' High School where students and reported in dismal numbers on 12 October 2020. Digital learning is not an option.”And as selective learning went on, students and parents were forced to make hard decisions.

Source: Standard Digital December 31, 2020 21:01 UTC