Landlordism and landlord–tenant relations in Kisumu and Kitale’s low-income settlements

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of Kenya showing the location of Kisumu and Kitale in relation to Nairobi, the capital and largest city.

Table 1. Average number of houses and plots owned by landlords across all sample sites.

Average no. of houses owned	No. of landlords owning only one plot	No. of landlords owning two plots	No. of landlords owning three or more plots
10.3	14 (61%)	4 (17%)	5 (22%)

Table 2. Gender composition and average age of respondents across all samples sites.

	Male	Female	Total combined	Average age
Landlords	11	16	27	50.1
Tenants	24	48	72	30.5
Others^a	1	4	5	37.6
Total (n)	36 (35%)	68 (65%)	104

Note: ^aOthers include family members of owner = 2, owner–occupiers = 2, caretaker = 1.

Figure 2. Income of tenants and percentage of income spent on rent across different sample locations.

Table 3. Differences in life-quality indicators between tenants and landlords at all four sample sites.

	Income(monthly family)	People perhouse	Rooms perhouse	People perroom	Length of stay(years)
Landlords	17,792* (n=12)	8 (14)	3.85 (13)	2.08	23
Tenants	8056** (50)	4.45 (67)	2.18 (67)	2.04	4.4

Note: *$211.72 (US); **$95.87 (US).

Table 4. Percentage of tenants making late rent payments.

Total	Response		%
n = 64	Yes (frequently)	12	19
	Yes (sometimes)	37	58
	No	15	23

Table 5. How long are tenants behind in rent payments.

Total	Response		%
n = 24	<1 month	7	30
	1 month	5	22
	2 months	8	35
	3 months	3	13