Kenya pays factory workers twice as rival Bangladesh

Workers in a Thika-based factory. PHOTO | Mary wambui

Workers in Kenyan factories earn more than twice the average wages that industries in Ethiopia and Bangladesh pay their labourers even as global brands favour low pay countries, a new study shows.

US-based Centre for Global Development puts the annual pay per worker in Kenyan industries at $2,118 (Sh218,154), equivalent to Sh18,179 per month.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.