Nairobi, Aug. 25 -- At the time casinos were ordered shut following the Covid-19 pandemic, Caroline Kiome was earning at least Sh100,000 monthly.
For the seven years she has worked in the casino industry as a floor staff, the 29-year-old lived in the lush Kileleshwa suburbs where paying rent and feeding were not a problem.
But being jobless has forced her to move in with two of her friends, survive on a meal a day and do deliveries for a liquor shop to earn Sh300.
Her story is similar to Caroline Nyongesa's, a casino manager with two children.
Shutting of casinos was a double tragedy for the household since her husband too works in the same industry.
"Luckily, our landlord has been lenient but feeding has been difficult. We are relying...