A rally in prices of basic household items, including food, has left workers in a worse financial position in spite of a 12 percent minimum wage increase last year to help them cope with the high cost of living.
The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra), a think-tank affiliated with the State Department of Planning, noted that instead, the minimum expenditure basket (MEB) rose by 22 percent in the review period, wiping out the gains of the increase in the minimum wage.
