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How high population scuttled the 1966 development plan

In June 1964, just a year after independence, Kenya’s economists settled on a six-year development plan that was expected to grow the economy at a faster rate.

However, hardly two years later, the population pressure scuttled the plan, forcing national planners back to the drawing board.

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