Abstract:
This policy brief assesses the possible vulnerabilities and impacts on Kenya of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although it is too early to predict the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Kenyan econ0my,
this policy brief uses an adapted World Bank conceptual and methodological framework which was used to analyse
the economic impact of the Ebola virus disease in West Africa 2014-2016 to identify the pathways of the CODIV 19 pandemic impact on the economy, poverty and inequality, women and girls, refugees, internal displaced persons
(IDPs) and migrants, education, food security and nutrition and governance and security. There has already been
adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the several sectors of the economy in particular; tourism, agriculture,
manufacturing and trade putting people’s jobs and livelihoods at risk. The policy brief argues that considering the
adverse socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and livelihoods of families and
communities, in particular the most vulnerable groups which will regress progress across the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), policymakers, should adopt a whole of government and society approach to lessen
the adverse impacts.
