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Why Kenya's working class is a step away from abject poverty

Practically speaking, majority of Kenya's working class today is poor. Employment is no longer a badge of stability. We are no longer living from paycheck to paycheck. Ours is a precarious balancing act of juggling salary advances, digital loans and side hustles to survive the month.

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