Most hotel workers still out of work despite Covid easing

Less hotel workers, who were employed before the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in Kenya, resumed  work by the end of September. The hotel sector still receives a low customer rate despite the government opening the economy.

According to a survey by the Central Bank Of Kenya,  shows that in Nairobi , 44 percent of hotels resumed work while 45 percent of hotels resumed work in other parts of the country.

"Relative to the employment numbers in February, findings show that employment continues to recover to pre- Covid levels averaging 45 percent in September compared with 37 percent in May," Said CBK in the Survey Report.