Over the last 15 years, Kenya has been experiencing a consistent rise
in its poverty levels. In 1997, the Kenyan Central Bureau of Statistics
estimated that 52.3% of households were living below the absolute
poverty line.
By 2000, this had increased to 57%.1
In 2005, the Kenyan Central Bureau of Statistics published political constituency
level poverty and inequality estimates based on the 1997Monitoring
Survey and the 1999 Population and Housing Census.
The poverty
incidence ranged from 16%to 84%, representing the least poor and
the poorest constituencies respectively.2 The latest statistics do show
an improvement in terms of poverty rates although there is no clear
analysis available of the reasons for the change...... To be continued PPOA
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