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Wholesale, retail trade grab bulk of foreign direct investment

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Foreign investors are placing most of their money in the country's wholesale and retail trade sector, findings of a new survey have shown.

About a quarter of all foreign capital inflows go into trading, way ahead of other critical sectors including manufacturing, according to the Foreign Investment Survey compiled by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

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