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Living Wage Report: Rural Kericho, Kenya (June 2022)

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  • Emma Blackmore

    (International Institute for Environmental Development)

  • Martha Anker

    (Anker Research Institute)

  • Richard Anker

    (Anker Research Institute)

  • Azfar Khan

    (Anker Research Institute)

Abstract

This report estimates a living wage for rural Kericho, which is one of the main tea growing regions of Kenya, using the Anker Methodology. Kericho is located in the South Rift of the Great Rift Valley approximately 256 km from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Globally, Kenya is the third largest tea producer after China and India, and number one exporter of black tea in the world market. It is renowned for the quality of its tea, thanks to good climatic conditions, high altitudes, and fertile soils. In 2019, the tea sector in Kenya accounted for 25 per cent of total foreign earnings and 1.5 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Our estimate of a living wage for full-time workers in rural Kericho, Kenya is 26,932 KES (224 USD) per month. This is the wage necessary for a worker and their family to be able to afford a nutritious low-cost diet, healthy housing, adequate health care, education through secondary school for children, and all other essential expenses, plus a small margin for sustainability. This value was calculated for June 2022 and covers the tea growing regions across rural Kericho.

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  • Emma Blackmore & Martha Anker & Richard Anker & Azfar Khan, 2022. "Living Wage Report: Rural Kericho, Kenya (June 2022)," Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) 22-01-05, Universidad Privada Boliviana.
    • Handle: RePEc:iad:glliwa:220105
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    Keywords

    Living costs; living wages; Anker Methodology; Kenya; tea;
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    JEL classification:

    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
    • J80 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - General

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