Kenyans have become shorter or stagnated in the past 100 years compared to their peers around the globe, especially those in Europe.
According to a new survey the average Kenyan man, has lost a few centimetres off their height from 1962 at 172.2cm (5ft 6in) and then stagnated to 169.6cm (5ft 5in) while the Kenyan woman has moved from 160.6cm (5ft 2in) in 1962 to 158.2cm (5ft 1in) in 2014.
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