More than 50 percent of Kenyans are only working for food, a newly released report shows.
The 2019 Finacess Household Survey released on Wednesday by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) shows that 51 percent of Kenyans are living from hand to mouth.
The latest findings represent an increase by more than 15 percent from 34.3 percent in 2016.
The survey found out that the cost of living in the country continues to rise, triggering a hand-to-mouth means of survival.
The sad state of affairs is despite access to formal financial services and products growing from 41.3 percent in 2006 to 82.9 percent in 2019.
CBK’s interim director of research Raphael Otieno links the worsening financial health of Kenyans to poor microeconomics, especially a drop in agricultural productivity as a result of bad climate.
”Kenyans continue to take a beating from a poor climatic condition that continues to take the toll on food production. This stretched inflation during the period under review, forcing households to spend more on basic needs,” Otieno says.
The study sampled 8,669 households countrywide, 40 percent in urban areas and 60 percent from the rural setting.
Hehehehe is hand to mouth…
Hehehehe is hand to mouth the same with leaving paycheck to paycheck yaani maisha ya kuishi kwa uwoga kila wakati???From Africa to Europe to north america to southpole majority of pple live hand to mouth or paycheck to paycheck unless some of us may denie that.Watch poverty in the western world kwa youtube or in Asia u will b shocked.
Nope! Instead: 90% of…
Nope! Instead: 90% of Kenyans are living Hand to Mouth.
One of the richest…
One of the richest presidents in the world in a country where the majority of people live hand to mouth. Travelling all over the world with fake economic figures of a middle income country. Worst president since independence!
Somebody finally put a…
Somebody finally put a number / statistic to the “Bora Uhai”, Tano Terror policy effects…coming so soon after another report described us as the most depressed in Africa. Pheew!
This is not sad, it’s outrageous, for lack of a better phrase from my end. Siasa Mbaya, Maisha Mbaya….this is what you get for electing “mondo wa nyumba” …..and it will happen again come 2022 when the trees will once again vote for the axe because it has a part that looks like them. Kenyans kwa jumla are tribalistic, gullible, low IQ savana herbivores whose sole rationale for existence is to be feed for their thieving political masters who are plundering the country right, left & center. Kenya’s a perfect case study of Trumpian SHITHOLE classification of countries
Ati Savannah Herbivores, we…
Ati Savannah Herbivores, we,heh that is an insult to Herbivores bwana, at least they leave the seeds and stems and they grow again when it rains, Carnivores is more like it, once a Lion has butchered a gazelle, it is over , that is where we are.Once you thief, it is over, nothing happens to you and the money is never recovered!
Listen Otieno, you failed to…
Listen Otieno, you failed to mention. That climatic changes is partly due to corruption in Kenya. It’s safe to generalize that all problems in Kenya stems from; 1. Corruption. 2. Poor leadership and toxic political system 3. Chinese debt. 4. Tribalism and nepotism. 5. Lack of employment among others.
50% is better than in many…
50% is better than in many countries, including US where the number is above 80%.
Hio ni takwimu ya uongo na…
Hio ni takwimu ya uongo na ya kutatanisha kabisa. Licha ya hoa, umaskini katika Taifa letu ni bayana, na kama huniamini, tembelea mitaani na vichochoroni kule mijini na vijijini. Umaskini katika nchi yetu imekidhiri nyanja zote za kimaisha kiasi kwamba, janga hili limekumbatiwa na kukubaliwa na akina yahe kama hali ya kawaida tu. Itazame idadi ya wenzetu wakinaochoma mahindi, wanauza aina aina za mboga, wanauza “mali mali,” wanaendesha “boda boda” aina ya baiskeli na pikipiki, wanaoshona na kupakapaka viatu rangi, wanaolima kando kando ya barabara, waendeshaji mikokoteni na mikokoteni inayokokotwa na punda, wanafanya aina zote za vibarua ambayo malipo yake hitoshi kuikimu jamaa zao, na mwisho tazama nyuso za Wakenya zilivyokata tamaa. Kusema hio tu ni asalimia hamsini na moja ni kupungukiwa na utaalamu unaohitajika kuongea ukweli. Takwimu hizo zao pia hazienda sawia na tunakiona mle mashinani. Utashindwa madhumuni hasa ya Benki Kuu kutoa takwimu za uongo ni zipi? Ukweli ni kwamba asilimia ya Wakenya asilimia tisaini na mbili nukta tano wananing’inia kati ya mbinguni na ahela, bila matumaini kwamba hali yao itabadilishwa.
Badala ya serikali kuweka mikakati ya pamoja kuimalisha hali ya Wakenya kama vile kutumia vizuri mali ghafi, kuanzisha mipango mwafaka ya kuboresha maisha ya vijana wetu, kuwashtaki na kuwafunga maisha wanaojihuzisha na kashfa za rushwa na milungula, kutokomeza magaamu(illegal dealings) ambayo ni kiini hasa kinachowafanya Wakenya kupendelea njia za mkato, kuchuja na kusajiliwa kwa madhehebu na manabii wa uongo wanaowatapeli washirika, na maovu mengine chungu tunayoyashuhudia. Tabia za tangu jadi za viongozi wa Kiafrika kuwamaskinisha wananchi ili wawasikize na watawalike yatakiwa itokomezwe kabisa.
I don’t buy that 51% – the…
I don’t buy that 51% – the figure is cooked to impress that Kenya is quite ok but not truly represented.
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In ground reality, try the range of 75% – 85% would make sense even to a 8th grader.
There are people in rural areas where they survive with 1 meal a day not mentioning hunger death driven like Turkana.
I agree , the number is…
I agree , the number is bloated big time! Just because watu was Runda and Junction wanakula , that does not mean watu was Korogocho, Mathare, Kibera, and many slums sprawling in that city are not living hand to mouth and that is just Nairobi! Then we move to other counties , the situation is even dire!
@imkoongo very true that’s…
@imkoongo very true that’s why i asked food to mouth is it same as paycheck to paycheck but wanna diaspora wamepotelea my question.You can b working but ur very very poor juu u cannot afford to loose that job,leaving in fear of how to pay yr bills is what majority of the so called many diasporas live.They r always behind with bills,ur a slave to yr job juu ur forced to do even what u know ur not supposed to do juu u cannot afford to loose that job juu yr life will stop that moment???We need to understand what poverty means n stop cheating ourselves tuko mbele n we know very well wr not.Life is the west is very very FAKE.
Thank you mkenya halisi…
Thank you mkenya halisi. Wakenya still survive without gvnt assistance. Leo hii hapa majuu waseme no more food stamps or housing assistance or disability what do you think the situation will be? Otato hand to mouth is 90%. We saw what happened when gov workers missed one paycheck. Hata mimi if i miss one paycheck some bills wont be paid lol
It’s not merely those…
It’s not merely those earning low wages who are struggling. CareerBuilder reports that nearly 10 percent of Americans with salaries of $100,000 or more live paycheck to paycheck as well.
Wow even those earning 100k…
Wow even those earning 100k r worried lot??Guys imagine hapa gichagi guys wenye wako nairobi kunjitafutia wako na kwao huko gichag
i incase kiumane nairobi u can always go back gichagi n continue leaving kwa yr gacube or if ur smart utakuwa umenjinjengea kahouse kambao or kamabati n life continues by starting small farming,pig rearing,ngombe,duck,chicken but kosa hio job majuu u can go kuku for a long time so i wonder what they mean when talking about poverty levels btw Africa n west.Look st europe the economy have collapsed n pple cannot survive or even pay their debt,wanapotelea nchi zingine???Guys we have bin lied by western world how nchi zao ziko poa n poverty levels r dwn.Big big lie.Africa we gat issues but tuko mbele tu sana if u deeply think about it.