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Behind the numbers: The reality for low-income earners hidden in Kenya’s growth data

There was a hilarious but poignant song back in the day in which a poor man recounted his ordeals in the city of Nairobi.

With the price of almost every basic commodity going up, he had had enough of the capital city. His solution? Kurudi ocha (to go back to his rural home).

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