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Why wait until disaster wipes out our economy?

By WAFULA NABUTOLA

The recent fire incident at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has brought back the sad and painful memories of past fire tragedies when the loss of young lives in schools – Kyanguli, Bombolulu, Asumbi — and disasters on our roads, like the fuel tanker at Sachang’wan, are still fresh.

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