This is on the nation-wide curfew that has been in place for the better part of last year. And as 2021 begins, Kenyans are only hoping for better than last year which ended with a spike in the cost of living. Housing, water , electricity , gas and other fuels' index also increased by 0.59 per cent between November and December, 2020. The cost of electricyt equally went up where Kenyans paid an average Sh4,664 for 200 kilowatts compared to Sh4,629 the previous month. More than 5.9 million Kenyans lost their sources of income during the year with businesses, mainly SMEs, equally suffering the brunt of the pandemic.

Source: The Star January 01, 2021 06:00 UTC