Covid-19: Rwandan central bank economist dies in Kenya



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The chief economist of the Central Bank of Rwanda, Thomas Kigabo, has died of complications from Covid-19.

He died while being treated in a hospital in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

Mr. Kigabo had been the chief economist of the central bank for more than 10 years. He was also a university lecturer and preacher.

He is the first senior government official to succumb to Covid-19 in the country.

Rwanda has so far recorded more than 10,000 cases of coronavirus with 133 deaths.

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