Tourism earnings in 2018 yielded approximately Sh157 billion, employing 1.1 million Kenyans directly and indirectly. The situation could be even direr with suggestions that realistically, up to 2.6 million Kenyans could have been infected and at least 6,000 deaths countrywide, according to Kemri. They have made BBI and a referendum before 2022 their national obsession, relegating the fight against Covid-19 to the periphery. But recent official estimates show that over 10 million Kenyans are still food insecure with majority of them living on food relief. Covid-19 and BBI put together are the Siamese twins that have presented Kenyans with the most unpalatable economic menu since independence.

Source: The Star January 01, 2021 02:03 UTC