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Big boost for local tourism as Kenyans travel more

Holiday makers from upcountry and even foreigners from Nairobi arrive at the Mombasa Standard Guage Railway (SGR) Terminal on Christmas day to celebrate the festive season in Mombasa, December, 2017. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

July last year saw social media awash with pictures of Bonfire Adventures founder Simon Kabu throwing an extravagant bash for his wife.

While many Kenyans wondered what kind of man would go to such extreme to make his wife happy, for others, it was about the man’s source of wealth.

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