The number of employees in the informal sector is the best evidence of our resilience. In Kenya, 83 per cent of the citizens work in the informal sector. The reaction of informal sector to economic shocks is more muted than the formal sector. One of the unintended consequences of covid -19 is demonstrating the importance of the informal sector as the driver and saviour of the economies. Conspiracy theorists opine there is a connection between the second lockdown and vaccines; lockdown forces us to take vaccines.

Source: Standard Digital April 03, 2021 08:56 UTC