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74pc of salaried Kenyans earn less than Sh50,000

Civil service workers in a Ministry of Lands office. PHOTO | file

By  Victor Juma

Business Editor

Nation Media Group

Three-quarters of all Kenyans working in the formal sector are on a monthly salary of below Sh50,000, the latest wage distribution data shows.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) says the number of people in this bottom-wage bracket stood at 1.9 million at the end of 2017.

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

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