Half a million Kenyans out of extreme poverty

Nearly half a million Kenyans were lifted out of extreme poverty last year as the country bounced back from the ravages of the Covid-19 crisis that condemned 1.2 million to living below the poverty line.

World Bank macro poverty outlook estimates the country’s extreme poor, who live below $1.9 (Sh220) a day, reduced from 19.2 million or 35.7 percent of the population in 2020 to 18.8 million or 34.3 percent in 2021.