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Expect more investments from UK, says envoy

Nic Hailey, British High Commissioner to Kenya signs KBL's 'No Harm' Safety campaign board during a tour of the KBL Kisumu Brewery on March 27, 2018. [Photo by Dalton Nyabundi/Standard]

British High Commissioner to Kenya Nic Hailey said his country was scouting the region for new business opportunities.

“British companies are huge in this economy, several hundred having been here for decades. We are undoubtedly the largest investors. In fact seven of the top 10 tax-paying companies in Kenya are British firms offering jobs for one in 10 Kenyans."

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