The deadly divide between rich and poor people in urban Kenya

Nursery school pupils, their class separated from another by nylon sacks, take an afternoon nap at the Kings Rescue and Education Centre in Mathare slums. [PHOTO: NANJINIA WAMUSWA]

NAIROBI: Children from poor urban families in Kenya are four times more likely to die before their fifth birthday compared to their counterparts from rich families, a new report says.

The report released by Save the Children on the global state of mothers looks at the gap between the urban rich and the urban poor and says the gap between the two groups has widened since 1990.