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Good health is the foundation of real wealth

There are 44.3 million people in Kenya today. Back in 1963 at independence, Kenya’s population stood at 8.9 million people. This means that in just over 50 years, our population has grown more than four times over.

Our natural resources have however not grown four-fold in the same period. If anything, we have less robust rivers, diminishing forest covers, underperforming farmlands and many more troubled natural resources. Apart from affecting our economy, this sorry state of the environment has also affected our health drastically.

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