There's something people here either don't know or ignore about poverty in Tanzania and Kenya that creates all the difference in perception. I'll bring it out anyway
Kenyan poverty is characterized as urban. And it is very distinct and visible in the top 5 largest urban area largely because Kenyans live where they can comfortably afford. Ndio maana wachochole wote watarundikana kibra na mathare, lower middle class wajikusanye umoja na Kasarani, upper middle class waende langata na hurlingham Kisha the filthy rich go to Karen, runda. The Nairobi slums are truth be told among the worst in Africa, but the Estates are also among the very best. If you go to the rural areas, people live quite OK. 60% of them are connected to the grid with another 20% employing self electrification like solar, biogas etc. Most are farmers with fertilizer application rates as high as those of East Asia and Latin America hence high productivity from very little land. Hawako mbali na miundo msingi kama lami, communication lines etc and many live in permanent homes. Pande za North eastern ndio Kuna shida kubwa
Tanzanian poverty is the direct opposite, rural poverty. Ukienda miji mikubwa Tanzania, slums aren't as big or many as those of large Kenyan towns. Estates too aren't as big or many because Tanzanians live in a Mishmash of all classes, yani mchochole kando ya tajiri. But if you go to the rural areas, living conditions get very depressing, even by African standards. People live miles from electricity lines, paved roads urban areas. Most houses are in very deplorable conditions almost crumbling. Farming is chiefly subsistence thus underutilized land. This translates to very little income for them when compared to their Kenyan counterparts
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