Refugees part with bribes to do business in Nairobi

People doing their day to day businesses at the Luthuli Avenue in Nairobi County in this picture on June 26, 2024.

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About 73 percent of refugees have been forced to part with bribes to do business in Nairobi, a survey by an independent global research think tank- the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) showed.

Kenya is home to more than 800,000 refugees and asylum seekers, with over 100,000 registered in Nairobi alone. The research by IIED showed that in Nairobi, enterprises owned by refugees are subject to hardships including bribery.

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