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Mixed fortunes for SGR’s new millionaires

It is a scenario reminiscent of the classic short story, The Winner, by Barbara Kimenye, where a poor old man almost goes crazy after winning the lottery.

From Macknnon Road and Taru to Maungu and Voi in Taita Taveta County, all sorts of businesses have begun to boom as property owners along the site of the standard gauge rail project receive compensation. However, many of the new millionaires are spending huge sums of money on debauchery, not investment.

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