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Bank branches reveal wealthy, poor counties SAM KIPLAGAT More than half of Kenya’s bank branches are found in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kiambu, reflecting wealth and income inequality across Kenya’s 47 counties. Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data shows that the three counties have 794 branches or 53 percent Kenya’s 1,502 banking outlets. Nairobi accounted for 39.5 percent of Kenya’s bank branches, reflecting the capital city’s economic dominance over the other 46 devolved units created in 2013 to address the wealth imbalance. Bank CEOs say the spread of banks is informed by cash flow and economic activity in the counties, signalling that the outlets are a bellwether of riches in the devolved units. The heavy concentration of branches in Nairobi indicates inequality in the country’s economic development, which has partly been attributed to the previous centralised system of government which guided sharing of resources since independence. The devolved system of

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