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Kenya experiencing the highest poverty rate in history, Wanjigi claims

Disqualified presidential candidate Jimi Wanjigi now alleges that Kenya is experiencing the highest poverty rate in history because of our debt burden incurred by the Uhuru Kenyatta-led administration.

Speaking during an interview on Spice FM’s breakfast show, Situation Room 25, Monday, 25 Wanjigi said the poverty rate in the country for the last eight years has been at 63 per cent up from 38 per cent during the late Mwai Kibaki’s regime.

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