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County that remains a backwater village

Kenya: Mwatate is a village town, which by a stroke of luck became the Taita-Taveta County headquarters, continues to slumber and no one seems to be in a hurry to shake her awake, writes PASCAL MWANDAMBO

A visitor to Mwatate town may be forgiven for asking: “How far is Mwatate town from here?”

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