Kenya's GLARING inequality: 60% of Nairobi residents control only 2.7% of resources in the city

Kenya’s two top cities Nairobi and Mombasa are also the nation’s most unequal in terms of income distribution, according to a newly-released report that has also uncovered the skewed distribution of wealth countrywide.
The Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) found that a fifth of Nairobi and Mombasa residents own 86.4 per cent and 78.2 per cent of the wealth, respectively.

In Nairobi, the survey found that 40 per cent of residents at the bottom of the income pyramid control a mere 0.4 per cent of total expenditure, a figure that rises to 2.7 per cent for 60 per cent of the population.

The findings underscore the tough policy choices that Kenya must make to minimise the growing income inequalities whose impact is known to spread beyond the economic sphere.

The survey further found that 60 per cent of Mombasa residents control only 4.7 per cent of resources in the port city.

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That 60% for 2.7% of resources ipo humu ndani ikishangilia project za wizi kama Uhuru's Northlands.

Geza Ulole said:

That 60% for 2.7% of resources ipo humu ndani ikishangilia project za wizi kama Uhuru's Northlands.

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Mapapa wameshika uchumi namna hii je dagaa watapumua ,kweli wataishia kunawa.

Typical characteristics of failed states economies
Kenya ranked as 'failed state'

Hao makapuku kazi yao kuzunguka tu kwenye ma malls ya mabwana zao usiku wakalale kwenye fulusuti zao mdomo kibao mjini unamiliki ushuz

Kenya itakuja kua kama India ukikuta mtu hajiwez kule ni hadi njaa inamuondoa wakat kuna matajiri wengi tu wanakula maisha kwa raha zao. ..madhara ya ubepari uchwara

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tuusan said:

Kenya itakuja kua kama India ukikuta mtu hajiwez kule ni hadi njaa inamuondoa wakat kuna matajiri wengi tu wanakula maisha kwa raha zao. ..madhara ya ubepari uchwara

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Tanzania pia hamna afweni. This is a global issue, not just Kenyan.

I expected you and Cicero to be well aware of that fact. But alas! This to u is yet another fodder for you guys to bash on Kenya.

You all fail to look at it in a wider perspective, ie how would situation be in Tanzania, and in Dar es Salaam in particular were the similar study be conducted there. The conclusion wouldnt be different. So is is in Joburg, Lagos, N. york, London etc.

The rest of that article which Cicero conveniently left out is reporting improvements in wealth distribution and falling poverty levels.

Ukiendekeza siasa na ufisadi ndio matokeo yake haya

Iconoclastes said:

Tanzania pia hamna afweni. This is a global issue, not just Kenyan.

I expected you and Cicero to be well aware of that fact. But alas! This to u is yet another fodder for you guys to bash on Kenya.

You all fail to look at it in a wider perspective, ie how would situation be in Tanzania, and in Dar es Salaam in particular were the similar study be conducted there. The conclusion wouldnt be different. So is is in Joburg, Lagos, N. york, London etc.

The rest of that article which Cicero conveniently left out is reporting improvements in wealth distribution and falling poverty levels.

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No way Tanzania itakuwa kama Kenya: New Report On Tanzania Shows Income Inequality Declining As Rural-Urban Disparities Remain
Soma hiyo article uone how we are remedying the situation