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Most Kenyans struggle to meet living costs - Survey

A trader at Kakamega open air market sorts different farm produce. [Benjamin Sakwa/Standard]

The majority of Kenyans have no spare money left to spend once they have met their essential living expenses such as food, clothing and children’s education.

According to the latest Kenya Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) by Nielsen Holdings, a global performance management company, 71 per cent of Kenyans interviewed for the CCI score for the second quarter of 2018 said they had no spare cash after meeting their basic needs.

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