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Kenyans earning over Sh100,000 revealed

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Those earning more than Sh100,000 accounted for 2.9 percent of the 2.92 million formal workers captured in the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) database. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  Patrick Alushula

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

The number of Kenyans earning more than Sh100,000 rose 2.71 percent last year to hit 84,907, reflecting Kenya’s growing inequality in the formal sector and tax avoidance by wealthy Kenyans in the informal sector.

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data released Tuesday show the top earners increased by 2,234 members compared to a rise of 3,178 a year earlier.

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

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