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KNBS: 26 percent of employees earned less than Sh25,000 a month in 2016

By Dominic Omondi | Jan. 22, 2018

NAIROBI, KENYA: Only 74,000 of employees pocketed a monthly salary of over Sh100,000, pointing to a tiny disposable income in the country, latest data shows.

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