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Let’s work hard to reduce poverty levels in Kenya

Disclosure that Kenya has more poor people than Uganda despite being the largest economy in the region is confounding. The revelation is contained in a new joint report by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Global Monitoring Report 2013, which measures how well countries are doing economically and socially, shows a profound shift in regional economic power. Landlocked Uganda, which gets more than half of its imports through our country, seems to be doing much better than Kenya, perceived as the regional economic tiger.

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