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The People Wednesday Date: 15.03.2017 Page 16 Article size: 184 cm2 ColumnCM: 40.88 AVE: 51601.77 Many Kenyans unable to put meal on table, says report by Wangui Githugo Eight out of 10 Kenyans report that their income is insufficient to meet their households' basic needs, states a report released yesterday. The findings, released byTwaweza East Africa in a research brief dubbed "Household Economics in Kenya", in dicate that 81 per cent of Kenyans find their income insufficient to meet their needs while 49 per cent of those affect ed tighten their expenditure to survive. Addressing the media yesterday, East African Institute Director Dr Alex to withdrawtheir children from school decision making based on a careful Awiti said that most of the respon dents named the high cost of living as the main problem facing their house in the past six months because they could not pay the fees or buy school review of evidences available," said Rateng. When facing cash constraints, supplies. Twaweza Senior Program Officer Victor Rateng cited that those slightly better off live at the mercy of price half of all households respond by cut ting spending. Smaller numbers try to get through the tough times by calling on loans, shocks. 21 per cent by obtaining supplies on holds. Measuring poverty "Measuring poverty and its relation ship to our everrising GDP may be a contested area but the reality of pov erty presented in this data cannot be ignored. Most Kenyans make difficult choices everyday between basic needs despite the credit our economy gets for strong growth," said Awiti. who have gone a whole day without a meal According to the report, almost half of Kenyans (43 per cent) have gone to bed hungry due to a lack of resources and 65 per cent have skipped a meal in the past three months. Further, 44 per cent of households with schoolgoing children have had Financial pressure "Few households are untouched by financial pressures. Even the wealthi est, fifth of the population, struggles to make ends meet and addressing this precariousness requires thoughtful Ipsos Kenya Acorn House,97 James Gichuru Road Lavington Nairobi Kenya credit and 14 per cent by borrowing money. Kenya has experienced a reason able rate of economic growth in the past few years, typically at about five to seven per cent, but poverty still persi sts.