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Agriculture pulls a first to register highest growth

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By NICHOLAS WAITATHU

KENYA: Agriculture has defied odds to emerge the leading sector after recording the highest growth in 2012 production year. The sector recorded a growth rate of 3.8 per cent in 2012, compared to a suppressed growth of 1.5 per cent in 2011.

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