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Conventional wisdom seems to suggest that Kenya is economically facing East. The evidence cited includes increased imports and exports from China, and the increased presence of Chinese firms in Kenya, mostly in big projects like road construction and, more recently, railways. However, the Chinese had come to East Africa earlier — they built the 1,860km TAZARA railway line from Zambia to Dar es Salaam from 1970 to1975.
The Japanese, Koreans and Indians had come before the Chinese, and no one raised the issue of facing East.
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