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Kenya turns into a battlefield for world's top corporate firms

A worker at the East Africa Portland Cement Company. The construction sector stands to be the biggest winner in the emerging trend.

The historic visit by United States President Barack Obama to Kenya, which saw a number of American firms ink multi-billion shilling deals, seems to have re-ignited an intense fight for a piece of Kenya, and by extension the larger East Africa region economic powerhouses.

Will Kenya be the Swahili’s proverbial grass that gets hurt when two elephants clash, or will it be the raven that stands to have a hearty feast when grasshoppers fight?

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