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Vast minerals under their feet, but Taita Taveta still languish in poverty

By  Joe Kiarie

NAIROBI, KENYA: Is this the country’s best example of the resource curse? This  question haunts me after a tour of Taita Taveta County, which overflows with natural wealth.

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