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Take decisive steps to end high poverty rates in urban areas

Children crossing a sewage-filled river along Mukuru kwa Reuben slum, Nairobi. August 14, 2021. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The percentage of Kenyans living below the national poverty line, according to World Bank, fell from 46.8 per cent in 2006 to 36.1 per cent in 2016.

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