Case Study: Kenya - a country of contrasts
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- Kenya: A country of contrasts
- Background information
- Wealth in Kenya is extremely unevenly distributed
- The rich and the poor live side-by-side
- Nairobi (the capital) is very wealthy in some areas yet has high homeless rates
- Surprisingly, some of the rich choose to live in slums
- The rich
- The incomes of the richest 20% have steadily increased over the last decade
- Two-thirds of the nation's economy is controlled by a small group of around 8000 wealthy individuals
- 20% of the population account for half the national income
- The poor
- The poorest 20% have 5% of the national income
- Africa's largest slum (Kibera) is in Kenya - population: 170,000 +
- 46% of Kenyans live below the poverty line
- Background information
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