70pc of households struggle to pay rent

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani when he was presenting the survey in Nairobi July 9, 2020. PHOTO | SILA KIPLAGAT | NMG

Nearly 70 per cent of households captured in a State survey had difficulties in paying their rent in May, highlighting the impact of Covid-19 hardships on the property market.

A national survey conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on the impact of the disease on households has revealed that 31.6 per cent of those interviewed paid rent on time compared to 41.7 per cent in April.

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