Half of Kenyan workers earn below Sh30,000

The public during a past Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park in Nairobi. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

The number of Kenyans earning below Sh30,000 per month has risen to nearly half of the total employed workers captured in government records, laying bare the extent of income inequality.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data, set to be released next week, will show that the number of salaried workers taking home below Sh30,000 has grown by 154,945 or 14 percent to 1,279,982.

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