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Proposal to tax idle land smirks of neocolonialism

Giraffe seen at a private ranch (PHOTO: FILE)

NAIROBI, KENYA: The proposal by the Government to penalise idle land should be analysed through an economist’s lens.

First, there nothing like idle land. We leave land to lie “idle” for various reasons.

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