We noted on these pages in April that the government had taken its first steps toward guaranteeing a basic income for the poor and vulnerable population. We had based our calculations on the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Survey and the 2016 UN Habitat Report that gave 8.2 million people in urban slums, or an estimated 2.8 million households, who were – and still are – in urgent need of assistance.
Universal Basic Income has swept the headlines around the world as rising unemployment and inequality, coupled with low wages, have increased poverty to the extent that many cannot afford […]
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