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230,000 jobs in hospitality, tourism lost since March

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Business Daily | by Lynet Igadwah

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 230,000 jobs in the tourism and hospitality sector since March as businesses operated under minimum capacity or completely shut down.

Labour and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui said the worst-hit were labourers in the hotel, tourism, aviation and horticulture sector.

Kenya instituted measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 in March, including movement restrictions, closing of bars and restaurants hitting hard the tourism and hospitality sector…

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