A decline in diaspora remittances, driven by Middle East conflict and rising living costs abroad, is deepening financial pressure on Kenyan households.
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern neighbourhood, March 5, 2026. [AFP]
Hundreds of thousands of Kenyan households that depend on money sent home from relatives abroad are facing a deepening financial crisis after diaspora remittances fell sharply last month.
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