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Kenya’s big divide and what to do

Kenya: According to the World Bank, Kenya is one of the biggest and fastest growing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. It has enjoyed peace for the 50 years it has enjoyed self-rule.

Nairobi, the capital city boasts some of the swankiest sky-scrappers on the continent. Cranes and scaffolding jut out of the Nairobi skyline and major roads have been spruced up. Everything seems to be going well for the Kenyan people.  Yet this modernity conceals another side of a city with despicable need and want, sprawling slums and shanties.

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