Kenya ranked rich, but key indicators show it is poor

Women at  work: Kenya is both rich and poor. [File/Standard]

Early last year, rice farmers in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, watched helplessly as drought ravaged their main source of livelihoods. The drought affected many other Kenyans in various regions.

Swathes of paddies that are part of the extensive Mwea Irrigation Scheme had turned blonde - rice’s colour of death.