Top 10 Wealthiest, Poorest Counties in Kenya
A new report dubbed Gross County Product (GCP) 2019 has ranked Nairobi County as highest contributor to Kenya’s national wealth.
The study conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that Nairobi has the highest GCP of 21.7 percent among the 47 Kenyan counties.
Nakuru is ranked second with GCP of 6.1 percent followed by Kiambu (5.5 percent), Mombasa (4.7 percent) and Machakos (3.2 percent.)
Meru County (2.9 percent), Kisumu (2.9 percent), Nyandarua (2.6 percent) Kakamega (2.4 percent) and Uasin Gishu (2.3 percent) close the list of top 10 richest counties in Kenya.
The study was funded by the World Bank and tracked the monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in each of the 47 counties.
The report says that agriculture remains a key driver of growth in most counties with the exception of Nairobi and Mombasa.
“The latest data was drawn from regular data collected by the agency through recurrent and intermittent surveys and censuses and administrative records,” says KNBS.
On the flip side, Isiolo (0.2 percent) and Samburu (0.3 percent) contribute the least to the national wealth.
Other poor counties include Lamu (0.4 percent), Marsabit (0.5 percent), Tana River (0.5 percent), Mandera (0.5 percent), Wajir (0.5 percent), Garissa (0.6 percent), West Pokot (0.7 percent) and Taita Taveta (0.5 percent).
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Do you know muranga used to…
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Do you know muranga used to be the richest County in Kenya until it was looted dry in the eighties and nineties? In fact we did not even spare the dead as we looted the district hospital mortuary of refrigeration thinking we will live forever hence never seek its services. And the looting goes on. Just check the water cartels refusing to give water back to the county just to the benefit of the few `philanthropist` billionaire of muranga
To compare Counties, should…
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To compare Counties, should use per capita. Nairobi has more beggars than any other County.
of coz.its known to be no.1…
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of coz.its known to be no.1 job and business city i.e Nairobi.
Government should do…
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Government should do something their is a big difference between position 1 and 2
Nakuru has a potential atleast they construct international airport there to increase GCP
Why do Kenyan's show so much…
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Why do Kenyan's show so much self debasing and lack of self respect by writing in public bulletins language that credits standard two kids? Does it mean one has adequate understanding to read a news post but not the skills to construct a grammatically accurate half-sentence? Why is everything compromised in this country?
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