This archive report was first published on 20 November 2019.
Published on November 20, 2019, a report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has shed light on the income inequality in Kenya.
According to the report, the number of employed Kenyans earning more than KSh 100,000 per month rose by 4.1% in 2018 to hit 79,982.
At a minimum of KSh 100,000, the top earners' income is six times more than Kenya's gross monthly per capita income, which stands at KSh 16,833.
Conversely, the number of Kenyans earning less than KSh 50,000 stands at 74.58%, reflecting the stark income inequality in the country.
The report attributed this income inequality to the previous centralized system of government, which guided the sharing of resources since independence.
The highest paying jobs are concentrated in the private sector, accounting for 85% of the top earners.
Within the private sector, the education segment recorded the largest number of employees taking home more than KSh 100,000, with 17,088 people or 22%.
Financial services ranked second, accounting for 11,598 individuals (14.5%), followed by wholesale and retail trade and repair of motorcycles and motor vehicles, whose number stood at 10,909 (13.6%).
Agriculture, which accounts for a third of Kenya's GDP, trailed among the top-paying sectors, with only 3.7% of the share of those paid above KSh 100,000.
