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Fifty years after Kenya got her independence, Lamu still neglected

An aerial view of Lamu Town. [File, Standard]

Like most people who left  Lamu in the early 1960’s because there were no employment opportunities, educated people  today still leave as soon as they graduate, depriving Lamu of its trained and educated manpower.

Most Kenyans think of Lamu as the romantic islands of beautiful sunsets, dhows and the culture of a thousand years going back to Chinese explorers. We all read about it in our history classes.

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