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Pandemic: Informal sector also deserves State support

According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the informal sector provided 80 per cent of all employment before the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Estimates in the 2020 economic survey show this sector provided about 90 per cent of all employment in Kenya.

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