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Why Mt Kenya tycoons set up ‘rescue’ team ahead of 2017 general elections

George Muhoho. 

One evening last month, a group of wealthy Central Kenya businessmen met at the prestigious Windsor Golf and Country Club in Nairobi.

Within an hour some Sh51 million was raised. The impromptu harambee was conceived after the tycoons, some of Kenya’s top billionaires, discussed how they could help resolve some problems bedeviling their Mt Kenya backyard.

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