Leaders should find ways to reduce poverty, raise incomes

The proportion of Kenyan families exposed to "multi-dimensional poverty" has grown. [File, Standard]

Whereas there are many encouraging signals indicating that the economy is rebounding from the slowdown of the last two years, the challenge of depressed incomes at individual and family level remains a serious one.

The problem has been made worse by shortened school terms, which have dramatically increased the frequency with which breadwinners have to pay for their children's education.