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Let State fix drawbacks in trade, the rest will follow

By Henry Munene
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Ugandan literary critic Peter Nazareth, in one of the most symbolic short stories to have ever come out of East Africa, tells us of a man named Manna Leitao, or Moneyman. Now, Mr Moneyman was not your ordinary Mr Moneybags; you know, the kind of person who splashes cash in a Nairobi social joint to everyone’s awe.

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