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Special features see visually-impaired with phones hit 80pc
Kenyans with disability in their communication recorded the fastest growth in phone use over the five years to 2024, from 17.8 percent of their population in 2019, to 51.4 percent.
At least 8 in 10 Kenyans with visual impairment are now using phones, amid growing access to smartphones with supportive features.
Visually impaired Kenyans recorded one of the fastest growths in phone use among people with disabilities, with 80.8 percent among them using the gadgets last year, up from 63.9 percent in 2019, a new Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) report shows.
