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Lamu Port strains to attract business despite incentives

Containers being loaded to MV Spirit of Dubai at the Port of Lamu in Lamu County on July 19, 2021. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Six months after its first berth was opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Lamu Port is struggling to grow the transhipment business.

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