Kenya’s Economic Recovery Policy Prioritization Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic

Executive Summary

The rejuvenation of Kenya’s economy is anchored on mitigating pandemic- induced social and economic causative factors and effects. The paper argues that prioritization of accelerated vaccination is the cornerstone economic recovery. It provides a better trade off in insulating the economy from disruptive nature of the pandemic itself and that of mitigating measures like restriction of movement and economic activities. This will ease the government’s capacity to provide social and economic stimulus packages amidst the pandemic as constrains of an encumbering debt distress, widespread unemployment instigated by the pandemic and predominance of public sector procurement fraud. In this light, the normal operating Kenyan marketplace is better positioned to take advantage of investment opportunities resulting from the ongoing free trade negotiations between Kenya and United States and Kenyans in diaspora. Discussions on these issues anchor insights and policy recommendations for economic recovery amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.