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Kenya faces rapid urban growth

Kenya: Kenya continues to grapple with rapid urbanisation, with more people residing in urban areas categorised as poor, earning less than Sh85 per day.

Urban populations have swelled from 8.3 per cent in 1962 and are expected to hit 44.5 per cent in 2015, with an estimated 16.5 million people living in major urban areas of the counties.

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