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Underdevelopment in Kenya caused by inequity

A motorcyclist struggling to pass a muddy section of a road in Mt. Kenya. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

No country in the world has developed when there is a huge disparity in access to wealth and services.

A study commissioned by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) jointly with the University of Nairobi titled, ‘Inequality Trends and Diagnostics in Kenya’, published in 2020, explains this fact more elaborately.

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