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Gross
National Income (GNI) Comparisons
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Kenya
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Ireland
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United
Kingdom
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GNI per
capita, Atlas method
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US$580
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US$44830
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US$40560
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GNI per
capita, PPP
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US$1470
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US$34730
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US$33650
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Fertility
(births per woman)
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5
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2
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2
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Life
expectancy at birth, yrs.
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53
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79
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79
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Source: World Bank. PPP=Purchasing Power Parity.
Data is for 2006
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Some Basic Facts about Kitui:
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Socio-Economic
Indicators (2000)
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Total
number of Households
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103,902
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Average
Household size
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5.3
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Number
of female headed households
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5,620
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Number
child-headed families
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780
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%
Children needing special protection
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35%
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Number
of disabled children
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2,805
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Absolute
Poverty (Rural & Urban)
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65%
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Income
from Agriculture
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75%
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Income
from Rural Self -employment
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3%
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Wage
employment
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15%
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Urban
self-employment
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7%
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Number
of unemployed
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192,678
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A
high level of overall poverty- two thirds of
the population live on less than €12 per person
per month.
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Only
25% of children in Kitui receive a secondary
education. Of the poor, 13% have no education, only
12% reach secondary level and few complete their
education.
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Kitui
has 1 doctor for every 16,000 people: 40% of
hospital beds are occupied by HIV/AIDS patients:
HIV infection rate is 14%. Malaria, respiratory and
eye infections, diarrhoea
, and skin diseases are widespread.
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Only
6% of the population of Kitui have access to mains
treated water. At least 62% have to walk more than
15mins to access water of any quality.
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Population
density is low (average 41 persons per sq km,
8-9/sq km in more remote districts
(Ireland=59/sq.km.)) and communities are widely
scattered. Road infrastructure is essentially
non-existent: except for the Nairobi-Kitui-Mwingi
triangle other roads are “constructed” of
weather prone murram (dirt). This makes large scale
income generation projects very difficult.
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The
Government of Kenya (GoK) has identified secondary
education, affordable primary healthcare, and water
supplies as the main priorities in improving
quality of life for the poor.(Interim
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2000–2003 Prepared
by the Government of Kenya July
13, 2000)
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