KENYANS have experienced more financial and emotional stress from the COVID-19 pandemic compared to other African nations, according to a Geopoll survey.
This as the country reported the most widespread income cuts and distress of any of six African nations polled in November.
The survey in Kenya, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, DRC, Mozambique and South Africa found 43 per cent of 3,000 respondents reporting their emotional wellbeing had deteriorated during 2020.
Three quarters of respondents in Nairobi said their emotional health was worse than last year, with most citing a surge in financial pressure as the main cause.
While incomes have fallen nearly everywhere, both between March and June, and by more still since June, more people have been affected by severe cuts in earnings in Kenya than in the other nations.
Around 52 per cent of the respondents across all six nations reported a large drop in earnings since June,
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