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Fight for KIRDI top post threatens operations

By DANN OKOTH | 12yrs ago

By DANN OKOTH

Leadership wrangles at the giant Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI) are threatening to derail the Vision 2030 development agenda.

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