We will oppose any pay cut with our blood,” UKCS deputy secretary-general Jerry Ole Kina said. Employees in the private sector are worried that they might be asked to follow the same painful route should the Covid-19 pandemic continue to pound the economy. “The government is going to step in and help pay people’s wages,” he said. The World Bank, on the other hand, has given the Kenyan government Sh6 billion to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken markets globally.

Source: Daily Nation March 22, 2020 08:03 UTC